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This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s ...

Plastic pollution is a major threat to human survival, with more than six hundred thousand tons of plastics on Earth. 2 In an effort to reduce the concentration of conventional plastics, scientists ...

Bioplastics called PHAs grow like beer and biodegrade like wood. And they may be able to help with our plastic waste problem. ByAlissa Greenberg Wednesday, March 17, 2021 NOVA NextNOVA Next Drinking ...

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bacardi, the world’s largest family-owned spirits company, has made a giant leap forward in the fight against climate change and plastic pollution today, as it ...