The good news: Compostable packaging does actually turn to compost just like your food scraps do, which is way gentler on the ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a new class of polymers as part of the work carried out within the ...

Sustainability can mean many different things, depending on what you’re focusing on. When you dive in deep, the terms can get confusing, and many that seem interchangeable are actually very different.

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Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...

Compostability is influenced not just by what a product is made from, but by how it is made, which greatly influences how it ...

It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these materials emit enormous amounts of planet-warming gases, but they also can take ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a new class of baroplastic polymers that are biodegradable, recyclable, and can be molded using only pressure at low temperatures. This ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a new class of baroplastic triblock copolymers that are biodegradable, recyclable, and moldable at low temperatures. These polymers can be ...

The Biodegradable Products Institute says recent bills don’t address some of the most critical underlying issues that ...