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 Ökosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics ...

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

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

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

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

At NIT Rourkela, scientists led by Dr Preetam Sarkar turned fruit seeds like jackfruit, jamun & litchi into biodegradable ...

Durable, biodegradable bamboo bioplastic mimics conventional plastics and decomposes in 50 days, offering a sustainable ...

Researchers have transformed food waste sugars into natural plastic films that could one day replace petroleum-based ...

We often think of plastic pollution as a problem of oceans and seabirds. But beneath our feet, in the quiet dark of agricultural soils, a new kind of ...

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

Plastics will not only choke coastlines but also incubate antibiotic resistance, disrupt food webs and infiltrate the human ...