There are already polymers that are 100 % biodegradable and are not made from oil. A "100% biodegradable polymer" is one that is totally turned into carbon dioxide, humus, and water by soil ...

As consumers and corporations alike become more environmentally conscious, the chemical industry is working to find solutions to the plastic waste crisis. One idea is to use biodegradable polymers ...

Fossil fuel-based plastics take hundreds, if not thousands of years to biodegrade, leading to an urgent demand for biodegradable plastic alternatives. Plastics may be a villain in Earth's very own TV ...

A new study led by Colorado State University Distinguished Professor Eugene Chen outlines a path to creating advanced, recyclable plastics. Published in Nature, the study describes a breakthrough ...

A research team developed a microbial strain that efficiently produces aromatic polyester using systems metabolic engineering. Among various eco-friendly polymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) stand ...

Yield10 Bioscience, an agriculture bioscience company based in Woburn, MA, recently featured a presentation by Chief Science Officer Dr. Kristi Snell at the 2021 Synthetic Biology Engineering, ...

Fashion for Good has rolled out the Renewable Carbon Textiles Project, bringing together a consortium to accelerate the development of polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHA, polymer fibers, a promising ...

Among various eco-friendly polymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) stand out for their excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility. They decompose naturally in soil and marine environments and are ...

If you gave the average American a plastic toothbrush and asked them to describe where its materials came from and how it was made, they would most likely be at a loss for an answer. Though we’ve come ...

Danimer Scientific, a maker of the biodegradable polymer polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), will buy Novomer in a $152 million transaction. Novomer makes poly(3-hydroxypropionate) from the raw materials ...