Bags made from biodegradable materials for collecting organic household waste have been available on the market for several years. Now researchers in a large-scale pilot study have conducted an ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

Finding viable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics and microplastics has never been more important. New research shows that their plant-based polymers biodegrade -- even at the ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...

Did our AI summary help? Kagawa University has found a new use for one of the region’s best-known foods, turning discarded udon noodles into biodegradable paper through a process that relies on ...

This photo shows Sanuki udon noodles. (Photo courtesy of the Agency for Cultural Affairs)(Kyodo) TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- A university in Kagawa is turning one of the western Japan prefecture's most ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.