Plastic waste poses a pressing problem for our planet's ecosystem, and especially our waters. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the Earth's oceans each year, and plastic is found in every part of the ocean, including at the bottom of the deepest trenches. Although some biodegradable plast...
Recently, nova-Institut GmbH announced its participation in two new Horizon Europe projects - STAR4BBS and BIORECER - both of which involve the development of new certification systems and labels for bio-based raw materials.
Following a successful kick-off meeting in Berlin in September 2022, t...
Chronic drought and desertification are constant problems for mankind. Some plants can grow in semi-arid lands in Africa and Asia, and these plants can be used not only as raw materials for material manufacturing, but also to reduce the impact on the climate.
Recycled leather made from plant-ba...
A group of scientists at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research Institute (University of Texas Station, USA) has developed a system for producing biodegradable plastics or bioplastics from carbon dioxide (CO2) that could replace the non-biodegradable plastics currently in use.
This research ad...
Rosenberger Optical Solutions and Infrastructure (Rosenberger OSI), a German fiber optic connectivity, cabling solutions and infrastructure service, has announced that its internal plastic packaging for patch cords will be converted to bio-based and biodegradable polymers. This came from an inn...
TômTex, a developer of bio-based materials, collaborated with New York fashion designer Peter Do to create two looks for his Spring/Summer 2023 collection at New York Fashion Week. TômTex was presented at Peter Do's Spring/Summer 2023 show, both consisting of glossy wide-legged pants and crew-neck u...
Recently, researchers at three institutions - the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Washington State University - reported success in using lignin, the rigid part that makes up the cell walls of plants, as a way t...
In order to reduce ghost fishing gear and protect marine ecosystems, the National Academy of Fisheries Sciences of Korea has recently developed four microbially degradable fishing net materials.
Ghost fishing gear is the fishing gear discarded during the fishing process, usually made of plastic...
Samarkand, Sept. 17 -- Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states held a meeting of the Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16 local time, which issued a statement on combating climate change.
The statement noted that the heads of SCO member st...
A team of researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand found that three quarters of the more than 150 wild fish caught in a southern New Zealand sea contained microplastics.
The researchers used microscopy and Raman spectroscopy to study 155 samples of 10 commercially important marin...
