Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the ...

Kevin Kumala has created a bag from cassava starch that is 100% biodegradable and even edible. To prove that the bag is totally natural he dissolved part of it in a lukewarm glass of water and ...

Once the soap suds of standard soaps enter the water supply, they can damage the mucus layers inside the bodies of aquatic animals. Not good. Instead, biodegradable soaps generally contain surfactants ...

Luckily developments have been made in paper-coating technology extracted from sand, with the purpose of water-proofing materials. It’s biodegradable, compostable and 100% plastic free - so you ...

Plastic waste has long been a major environmental threat, littering oceans and harming marine life. Scientists at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have now created a biodegradable ...

Consumers are willing to pay more for water in biodegradable plastic bottles, but it's not enough to cover extra ...