As concerns over plastic pollution continue to escalate, consumers and businesses alike are seeking eco-friendly alternatives. Oxo-biodegradable bags, also known as oxo-degradable bags ...

These non-biodegradable bags continue to pollute the city, choke sewerage systems, and exacerbate garbage issues. The authorities have even halted the drive against plastic carry bags for reasons ...

In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting destroys the bridges, preventing microplastic formation and allowing the plastic to become biodegradable. Credit: RIKEN, edited A new durable, ...

These advanced biodegradable plastics bring us one step closer to achieving a resource-circulating society. Achieving a sustainable society requires the development of advanced degradable plastics ...

The goal of a resource-circulating society is now one step closer thanks to the efforts of a team from Osaka University that has developed tough biodegradable plastics by including movable ...

The Greater Chennai Corporation, backed by other agencies, will install automated vending machines in all residential and commercial neighbourhoods to distribute cloth bags to residents at an ...

But to these whales, plastic junk floating in the ocean may also “sound” just like a delicious squid. A new study suggests plastic debris like shopping bags bear remarkably similar “echoes ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores from ...

EU member states have taken progressive steps over the past decade to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags, including ... the adoption of compostable and biodegradable alternatives.

The solution offers the same properties as virgin plastics. Credit: Fortum. Fortum Recycling & Waste has introduced INGA, which is claimed to be the first biodegradable plastic created entirely from ...

RAWALPINDI: After a break of six months, the district administration has relaunched a campaign against plastic bags of ... had to bear extra money on biodegradable bags and charged money from ...

This new development is a semi-crystalline, yet translucent to transparent polyester amide. The plastic is resistant to solvents and light, as well as being strong and extremely tough. The melting ...