Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers have advanced their knowledge in developing plant biomass-derived polymers that can be used as ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

Strips of plain TPU (top) and "living" TPU (bottom) at different stages of decomposition over five months of being in compost. A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry’s ...

About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created in only the past 15 years, and we are now swimming in the stuff. This tough material is made from petroleum-based chemicals, and is ...

A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process. Packaging Systems of Wisconsin, a Sheboygan-based division ...

Today, the world is fighting against pollution. Many kinds of NGOs in the whole world are working tirelessly to minimise the ...

As the U.S. population grows, so does the number of cattle, and that in turn is giving rise to one heck of big, strange waste disposal problem. At least one cattle carcass recycling method that was ...

This article is part of a series sharing the stories of startups developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges and how they are pushing their business forward even as the Trump ...

Don't be. There are a lot of naturally occurring plastics (e.g., gums and shellacs). What is important is finding ways of making biodegradable plastics at scale that cost less than the plastics we ...