As Europe’s chemical industry grapples with high energy costs, global competition and the pressure to decarbonise, companies ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), working with collaborators, report a new biomaterial ...

Biodegradable plastics are sold as a simple fix for a world drowning in packaging, but the reality is far messier than the marketing suggests. Labels that promise bags, cups, and utensils will ...

Emerging research shows that plant-based plastics — just like petroleum-based plastics — contain many thousands of synthetic chemicals, with large numbers of them extremely toxic. However, the ...

It's one thing to make bio-based plastics, that is, plastics made from biological materials. It's quite another to make new bioplastics that are also biodegradable -- especially those that biodegrade ...

Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...

Düsseldorf — Solvay Specialty Polymers is introducing an all-new bioplastic for consumer electronics applications based on castor oil and its proprietary high-end amorphous polyphthalamide (PPA) ...

“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...