LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Polymateria, who in 2020 became the first company to evidence full biodegradation of plastic in the open environment, has today open-sourced data showing that its ...

Aropha Inc., a Cleveland-area startup spun out of Case Western Reserve University, has closed a $1 million seed funding round that will help support the development and expansion of its biodegradation ...

Researchers led by a team at the University of California San Diego have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that could help reduce the plastic industry’s environmental ...

In phase 1, specific microorganisms, like bacteria and fungi, colonize the surface of the plastic material. These microorganisms can either be present naturally in the environment or added ...

Plastic pollution is seemingly omnipresent in society, and while plastic bags, cups, and bottles may first come to mind, plastics are also increasingly used to make clothing, rugs, and other textiles.

Plastics make up approximately 5–12 % of global waste generation, constituting around 20–30 % of waste by weight. Alarmingly, about 60 % of plastics end up as plastic waste (PW) in the environment. 2 ...

Demand for biodegradable polymers has been rising as a result of environmental concerns regarding the use of nonrenewable materials. Styrofoam and other plastics are among the most produced materials ...

Professor dr. Linda Amaral-Zettler, Research Leader at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research and the Chair in Marine Microbiology at the University of Amsterdam has been awarded a ...

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli materials startup Balena has launched what it describes as a "game-changing, fully biodegradable" footwear to help address sustainability issues in the fashion industry. The ...