Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars ...

Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Okosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics ...

Not-so-fun fact: our oceans hold 150 times more carbon dioxide than the Earth's atmosphere. Adding to that causes ocean ...

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability ...

A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The ...

Scientists turned food waste into natural plastic films using bacteria that make biodegradable packaging material.

Scientists turned bamboo into a strong, recyclable, and biodegradable plastic that can replace regular plastic.

Haipeng Yu, Zhao, and other researchers studied the plastic-like application of bamboo by developing a non-toxic alcohol solvent base to dissolve bamboo cellulose down to a molecular level. From there ...

Researchers have invented a system that captures carbon dioxide from ocean water and converts it to succinic acid, a key ...

A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals. It is believed that the ...

A pioneering two-year field study has revealed that biodegradable microplastics, often hailed as eco-friendly alternatives to ...

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