Plastic is a huge concern for the environment. When consumer products and industrial waste break down, the environment ...

Intelligent investors, take note.” Researchers make game-changing discovery while experimenting with plastic replacements: ...

Starbucks Coffee Japan announced Friday that it will replace paper straws with plant-based biomass plastic straws from January with the aim of reducing environmental impact and enhancing customer ...

Humans — some eight billion people weighing 120 million tons — account for only about one one-thousandth of Earth’s current ...

"Microplastics entering terrestrial and aquatic habitats will continuously increase for thousands of years due to the alarming volumes of plastic waste in the environment," said Deng Hongbing from ...

While Sagamiya Foods was seeking new ways to utilize soy pulp, it took note of biomass plastic made from plant-based materials. Around five years ago, the company began developing pellets using ...

Two companies have come together to tackle one of the biggest drivers of pollution on the planet: plastic. But this isn't ...

According to the paper, the researchers first identified two types of sustainable biomass, chitin and cellulose ... concentrations of the common plastic. It also proved effective at extracting ...

Coastal communities across Europe face increasing devastation from plastic pellets, a major source of microplastic pollution. Strong, EU-wide regulation is urgently needed to prevent pellet loss ...