A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host ...

They discovered that the process begins in the soft layers, which grow weaker over time due to environmental degradation and ...

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

Smart policies and innovation—not bans—can reduce waste and build a circular plastics economy that maximizes the value of ...

The truth is that plastic waste is choking our planet. It’s polluting the air, water, and soil that people and wildlife ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis.

In a decisive move to protect the environment, the Sindh government has announced a complete ban on the manufacturing, sale, ...

Many solutions, such as using bacteria to degrade crude oil or plastics, have been shown to be effective and safe in a laboratory setting 9. Yet scaling up their use to the levels needed to reduce ...

which is released when plastics degrade. They advised: "Stopping the practice of heating food in plastic could be one of the most effective ways to reduce microplastic consumption." They added ...

The study, conducted by Intertek (LON:ITRK), followed international standard ASTM D6954 for evaluating the environmental degradation of plastics. The research tested polyethylene (PE) and ...