Scientists found plastic in the muscles of sea turtles for the first time, confirming that pollution chemically affects marine life. The researchers analyzed the remains of 44 sea turtles found on the Spanish coastline. The analysis showed that all creatures had traces of plastic additives in their ...
Degradable plastics are difficult to "degrade" (need to be degraded under specific conditions), which has always been the focus of controversy. There are also different opinions on the degradation performance of common degradable plastics such as PLA or PBAT under natural conditions.
The “p...
Biodegradable plastics have certain social, environmental and economic benefits. However, they also have many practical and potential obstacles. After a desktop survey, we found that the following countries and international organizations hold a cautious attitude towards biodegradable plastics, whic...
In order to prevent the proliferation of plastic waste, the European Parliament passed the "Disposable Plastic Directive" on July 3, 2021, aiming to ban the ten most common types of plastic found on European beaches by 2021. And significantly reduce the number of plastic cups and container...
Yield10 Bioscience is an agricultural bioscience company based in Woburn, Massachusetts. The company’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Kristi Snell, recently presented a speech at the 2021 Synthetic Bioengineering, Evolution and Design (SEED) Conference held on June 18th. Snell described how researche...
PLA (polylactic acid) is derived from bio-based renewable resources. After use, it can be degraded into carbon dioxide and water by composting. It has no pollution to the environment and is a kind of biodegradable plastic with great application prospects.
However, due to the slow crystallizatio...
On July 2, a researcher published a study in the journal Bioengineering and biotechnology frontier. Researchers found that the microorganisms in the cow cavity can not only degrade PET, but also two other plastics----Polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) for compostable plastic bags and pol...
Bio-based plastics refer to new materials whose raw materials are wholly or partly derived from biomass (corn, sugar cane or cellulose, etc.)，The ones represented by PLA, PHA and polyamino acids are all biodegradable, while those represented by polyol polyurethane and bio-based PE/PET are non-biodeg...
Italy officially implemented a new round of ban on plastics from July 3. The Italian Industrialists' Federation (Confindustria) said：About 50,000 workers in the Italian plastics production industry will fall into crisis.
From July 3, Italy has begun to ban plastic products including: cutlery, dinner ...
On June 21, the proponents of "Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade" held the third informal dialogue meeting. More than 110 representatives from WTO members, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and academia participated in the meeting....
