This plant-based plastic is as strong as traditional petroleum-based plastic, but its properties can be tailored to suit needs ...

Plastic accumulation poses both environmental and health challenges, yet conventional mechanical recycling has limited efficiency for plastics as it can compromise physical properties of the materials ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike conventional plastics that persist for decades. In real-world underwater ...

Biodegradable plastics are often marketed as a simple solution to the world’s plastic pollution crisis. From food containers to shopping bags, these materials promise to disappear naturally after ...

Researchers submerged LAHB films at a depth of 855 m near Hatsushima Island to test real-world deep-sea biodegradation. After 13 months, the LAHB plastic lost over 80% of its mass, showing its ...

In agricultural production, microplastics have become environmental pollutants that cannot be ignored. They may not only ...

Biotechnology encompasses a variety of techniques that employ living cells and molecules, such as enzymes, derived from organisms to produce or alter products and processes. In the plastics sector, ...