biodegradable plastics

Peter Olsén, a researcher at KTH, holds up a sample piece of a new degradable plastic from wood. “These new materials, because of their high fiber content and degradable, matrix could be a game changer for a future circular material economy," he says. (Photo: courtesy of Peter Olsén)
A new kind of wood-based degradable plastic could replace fossil-based materials used in home construction and furnishing
Peter Olsén, a researcher at KTH, holds up a sample piece of a new degradable
Visible light-driven 3-hydroxybutyrate production from acetone and CO2. Utilizing sunlight and biocatalysts, Osaka Metropolitan University scientists synthesized 3-hydroxybutyrate, a biodegradable plastic material, from acetone and CO2. Mimicking natural photosynthesis, the team artificially reproduced a light reaction, which involves sunlight, and a dark reaction, which fixes CO2.
Synthesizing biodegradable plastic materials using sunlight and CO2!
Visible light-driven 3-hydroxybutyrate production from acetone and CO2. Utilizing sunlight and biocatalysts, Osaka Metropolitan University
The world’s first biodegradable shoe: Sustainable sneakers
Credit: UC San Diego The world’s first biodegradable shoe: Sustainable sneakers Stephen Mayfield, a molecular
Biodegradable plastics that are finally truly compostable
A modified plastic (left) breaks down after just three days in standard compost (right) and
A biodegradable adhesive made of entirely naturally derived chemical components that break down after use

Most adhesives today are made of plastic, but BU chemists hope a new biodegradable alternative

New biodegradable plastic decays in a compost bin in a couple of years but it is expensive

Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic, which

Another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, biodegradable plastics

Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable,

Getting much closer to plastics that can be produced to replace today’s petroleum plastics that persist in landfills and oceans

There’s a good chance you’ve touched something made out of the polyolefin polymer today. It’s

Making biodegradable plastic from sugar and carbon dioxide

Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made using sugar and carbon dioxide, replacing

New biodegradable packaging keeps food fresh as well

KTU researchers are creating biodegradable food packaging materials, which, in addition, will also keep food

biodegrades in 180 days
Plastics to dust — a dream about to come true

Biodegradable plastics from a plentiful natural resource  Wolfgang Glasser says he was hesitant at first when

‘Revolutionary’ biodegradable packaging developed for fish

The packaging can be recycled after use The company Criimpla from Valencia is coordinating a