Seventh-grader Wileidy Enid Feliciano-Rivera embarked on an innovative project to create a bioplastic mulch named EcoMusa, ...

Mexican researcher Sandra Pascoe Ortiz developed a non-toxic, fully biodegradable bioplastic derived from Nopal cactus juice ...

Researchers used spark plasma sintering technology to deposit silver, zinc, and copper metal oxide nanoparticles directly ...

In the fight against pollution, several regions in the U.S. have banned the use of plastic straws. Alternative materials exist, but most options are either too expensive to scale up, go limp in drinks ...

What if there was plastic-like material that could absorb excess nutrients from water and be used as a fertilizer when it decomposes? That product—a "bioplastic" material—has been created by ...

Researchers found a bacterial enzyme that degrades polyester bioplastic and cleaves penicillin, hinting at faster microbial adaptation to plastic.

A new study suggests that bioplastics—plastics that are made from biological material instead of from petroleum and/or are engineered to be biodegradable—contain as many toxic chemicals as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic pollution floating in Hinnavaru Harbour in the Maldives. (Getty) Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic end ...

Music and sustainability collective Evolution Music has designed a 12-inch vinyl made of bioplastic using existing record pressing machinery, which features tracks by artists Beatie Wolfe and Michael ...

In a potential milestone for space exploration, scientists have successfully grown algae under simulated Martian conditions using equipment made from biodegradable bioplastics — a step that could ...

Ever heard of tardigrades? They’re cute microscopic “water bears” that will live long after humans are extinct. Microplastics, tiny, water-insoluble demons, are like their evil twins: invisible ...