Microplastics can be very difficult to detect. Researchers make concerning discovery after exposing fish to mounting threats — here's what they uncovered first appeared on The Cool Down.

Researchers at the University of Maine have managed to 3D print an organic building material with the strength of steel. ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Marlborough, Mass.-based medical technology company Hologic Inc. over concerns it hasn't done enough to prevent harm from a plastic ...

Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable ...

VistaTek creates manufacturing company for specialty line to manufacture plates, bowls and other items from plant-based plastics. At major league ballparks across the country, teams are ...

CJ Biomaterials' PHA Masterbatches and compounds receive the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certification in the ...

Some tea bags are also made from a new kind of material called biodegradable plastics, like polylactic acid. Tea bags made from paper will theoretically shed fewer (or no) microplastics when ...

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.