Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

Research in the areas of plastics, polymers, and biodegradable materials ranges from additive manufacturing to food packaging. This work focuses on the development and characterization of sustainable ...

Biodegradable polymer, such as crop-based hydrodegradable, compostable plastics and others, have been developed. Industries are quickly adopting these new biodegradable materials and their use is ...

Traditional polyesters are obtained via ring-opening polymerization (ROP), but significant research is currently directed at designing new biodegradable vinyl polymers with esters groups in the ...

A company in Japan called Kaneka has developed a biodegradable polymer called PHBH. Kaneka is a company headquartered in Japan. PHBH’s full name is: KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer PHBH™.

In its "Atlas of Plastic", the Heinrich Boll Foundation estimates that most biosourced plastics are neither completely biodegradable or compostable, and "actually just sidestep the problem".