Scientists have converted food waste into biodegradable plastic using bacteria, offering a dual fix for global food and ...

Researchers have turned food waste into biodegradable plastic, offering a promising new path to fight both food and plastic ...

Scientists in New York have developed a low-cost, scalable method to transform food waste into eco-friendly bioplastics using ...

Researchers have developed a way to convert food waste into biodegradable plastic, which offers a potential solution to two ...

Poly-hydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biodegradable polymer, that Mango Materials produced from bacteria consuming methane waste gas. (Image credit: Mango Materials) ...

Imagine going through a surgery where the doctor proposes the use of a temporary implant that dissolves by itself with time ...

PHA is not a new human invention; this class of polymers can be found in nature and is used to store cellular energy, writes Senior Editor Alex Tullo. Commercially, it is manufactured through the ...

The properties of PHA polymers are tunable and dependent on the specific combinations of different monomers in the polymer chain. "The question is whether fermentation is considered natural or not ...

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 ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to ...