Dezeen School Shows: a biodegradable urn made of blood and hair is among the experimental student projects from the University of Ljubljana. Also featured is a collection of toys informed by animal ...

Mango Materials, a California-based company that creates biodegradable polymers for use in plastic products, has been scaling up and commercializing a biomanufacturing technology that utilizes methane ...

In the RUBIO project, 18 partners are turning the vision of a sustainable plastics industry into reality. Their goal is to use regionally available plant residues to create versatile, sustainable ...

An agricultural project in Spain is testing the use of biodegradable plastic films from different polymers with the aim of boosting plant growth while improving soil quality in crop mulching. In ...

Around 30% of the 50 million tonnes of whey produced in Europe annually is currently discarded, and the WHEYPOL project is creating a process to synthesise the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) generated ...

Mr Quaranchie Adama-Tettey, a Director of the Plastic Waste Management Programme, has lauded the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) directive for all plastics produced ...

Banks along inland waterways are exposed to shipping and tidal forces. In order to prevent erosion, these are usually technically secured by stone embankments or walls. However, this has a negative ...

Genova (Italy), 3rd March 2021 - How important is technology to understand climate change and protect the environment? I-Seed project will combine bioinspired soft robotics, material science and ...