Demonstrating that making sustainable plastics isn’t necessarily a sustainable business, two prominent green plastics operations—the biobased polymer maker Danimer Scientific and Brightmark’s plastics ...

Polyester amide is a next-generation material that combines the advantages of PET (polyester) and nylon (polyamide), two ...

Plastics are deeply woven into modern life, valued for their strength, clarity, flexibility, and affordability. However, the production and disposal of these materials pose serious environmental ...

We have no choice but to keep producing new plastic. To do this in a sustainable way, we need to replace fossil carbon as a raw material with renewable (CO2 or biobased) carbon. This seems simple.

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

A research team led by Prof. Zhu Jin from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

Stringent Environmental Regulations: Governments worldwide are imposing bans on single-use plastics, encouraging the adoption of biodegradable and bio-based plastics. Policies such as the European ...

Regulatory Push for Sustainability – Governments worldwide are enforcing stricter policies on plastic usage, including bans on single-use plastics and incentives for biodegradable alternatives. The ...

Lamb Weston partners with SABIC on a packaging solution that takes used cooking oil from its kitchens and turns it into a bio ...

NEWARK, Del, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global biobased biodegradable plastic market is undergoing a significant transformation, fueled by escalating environmental concerns and the ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The Biobased Biodegradable Plastic market is set for a transformative decade, with increasing investments, regulatory support, and technological breakthroughs ...