Norway's third tallest skyscraper also has the most unique architecture: it is made entirely of wood. The building is called Mjøstårnet - meaning Mjosa's Tower - and is located in Brumunddal, a small Norwegian industrial town on the edge of Lake Mjosa. The town is known for its role in the timb...
On the occasion of the 53rd World Earth Day, Starbucks China announced that by the end of this year, all Starbucks hot beverage cup lids in mainland China are expected to be upgraded to easily recyclable polypropylene material. Starbucks China has fully implemented a biodegradable "dregs t...
From January 1, 2022, France banned the sale of fruits and vegetables in plastic packaging weighing less than 1.5 kg, including bananas, pears, lemons, peppers, cucumbers, carrots and 30 other fruits and vegetables. 2026, the ban will be extended to all fruits and vegetables.
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The Green Science Alliance has been attempting to replace all petrochemical-derived products with natural biomass-derived chemicals. This time, Dr. Ryohei Mori has developed a 100% natural biomass biodegradable coating material based on PLA (polylactic acid).
PLA-based 100% natural biomass biod...
Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the more maturely researched and applied degradable plastics. Its raw materials come from renewable plant fibers, corn, agricultural by-products, etc., which have good biodegradability. PLA has excellent mechanical properties, similar to polypropylene plastics, a...
PHA is a generic term for a large group of materials, synthesized by a large number of bacteria as intracellular polyesters. PHA is a completely biodegradable new biomaterial, and the only completely biosynthetic carbon neutral biodegradable material. Also, pure PHA products are ha...
On April 7, a research paper published in the Journal of Environmental Science, the top journal in the field of environmental science, showed that a team of researchers led by the University of Hull in the United Kingdom had found microplastics deep in the human lungs for the first time.
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In recent years, news about microplastic pollution has been commonplace, but it is the first time that microplastic contamination has been found deep in the lungs of a living person. on April 6, the British newspaper The Guardian reported the horrifying discovery. Samples for this study were ta...
In the "plastic restriction" requirements, non-degradable disposable plastic bags gradually out of the market, can be repeatedly used non-woven bags become one of the main alternatives, in supermarkets, restaurants, take-away and other areas are widely used, some local governments will als...
PLA is the most widely studied bio-based degradable polymer material. PLA can degrade within weeks under industrial composting conditions, but it is still more difficult to degrade in natural environments such as soil or seawater. The introduction of more degradable bonds by copolymerizing prop...
