In recent years, the bioplastics market has grown rapidly, primarily due to environmental concerns, regulations against ...

The study Biodegradable Innovations: Harnessing Agriculture for Eco-Friendly Plastics, published in the Journal of Xenobiotics, evaluates whether agriculture-based polymers can realistically replace ...

Conceptual overview of obligate methanotroph metabolism and PHB biosynthesis under mixed-substrate conditions of methane and ethane. Methane (CH 4), a greenhouse gas with roughly 25 times the global ...

36 kilograms is the average amount of plastic packaging waste generated by a single EU citizen per year. Increasing consumption is driving the search for alternatives – biodegradable and durable ...

Bioplastics from natural polymers could replace petroleum-based plastics, helping us keep nonbiodegradable plastics out of landfills and waterways. But there’s a problem: The most promising ...

Established industrial systems have historically been designed to function as linear frameworks, transforming raw materials—including fossil and renewable resources—into products that become waste ...

The soil bacterium Cupriavidus necator has attracted the attention of researchers and industry for decades. This is partly because, through biochemical reactions, the bacterium converts the renewable ...

Environmental leaders, community advocates, and policy experts from across the Asia Pacific convened on January 22 for Fire or Ice: Growth of Bioplastics ...