Well-meaning individuals seek to feel closer to wildlife, often through seemingly benign actions like sharing fruit with monkeys at a tourist site or tossing food scraps like banana peels into the ...

The global demand for sustainable, safe, and functional food packaging is driving research into innovative materials derived ...

Researchers at the Korea Research Institute ofChemical Technology (KRICT) have developeda marine-biodegradablefiber for ...

Whether you're a home gardener or an industrial farmer, you might be familiar with mulching films—plastic sheets laid over the soil to protect seedlings and promote crop growth. But like many other ...

As Georgia Today reported, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture in Georgia has announced plans to move forward with a ban of plastic bottles. The move would restrict the use of ...

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired. Researchers at Northeast ...

Hard plastic made from bamboo is as strong and durable as conventional plastics for uses such as household appliances and car interiors, but is also recyclable and biodegrades easily in soil. Plastics ...

Several new projects turn waste into food for microbes that create PHA, a type of plastic that fully decomposes on its own, offering a less costly alternative to current bioplastics. This fork made of ...

A hiker on Reddit shared a post demonstrating just how much litter can end up outdoors. The post, shared on the subreddit r/MildlyInfuriating with a photo, was accompanied by the caption, "The trash ...