For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an ...

MIT researchers have identified how communities of ocean bacteria cooperate to decompose biodegradable plastics, a finding ...

The global plastic waste crisis has reached a point where simply reducing usage is no longer enough. While biodegradable ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder's ATLAS Institute believe they may have ideas on how to greatly reduce waste and create recyclable fibers for clothing and other textiles by going to ...