Plastic is one of humanity's most useful inventions... and one of its most persistent problems. Plastic has become so ingrained in modern life that it's easy to forget how long it lingers once tossed ...
To reduce the health and environmental impacts of microplastics, scientists created a new type of plastic using plant starch instead of petroleum. However, new research suggests that these alternative ...
Australia-based Twelve8 Technology has launched a plastics additive that enables polymers blended with it to decompose naturally, without industrial treatment, within two years. The PaktoEarth ...
) International Polyolefins Conference in Houston, TX (Feb. 21-24), Samuel Adams, senior VP of bio-tec environmental, promoted his company's solution to the problem, EcoPure, a specially designed ...