To effectively curtail the production, import, and consumption of single-use plastic products and non-biodegradable plastic bags, he advocated for a clear roadmap to increase environmental ...

Trujillo, Honduras - January 19, 2025 Although the production of cassava, a cassava-based food, is declining in some Garifuna (Afro-descendant) communities in Honduras, its natives are proud that ...

A team of MIT researchers is taking on microplastics with an encouraging novel biodegradable material that can not only replace the tiny plastic beads added to cleaners and beauty products but also ...

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His team is involved in many efforts to develop chemically recyclable, biodegradable, and overall more sustainable alternatives to today's plastic materials. He said that while many people ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.

Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ...

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr Gibson Reuben, tragically lost his life while fleeing an attempted abduction by unknown gunmen at the ...

Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China ...

Thailand has become the latest country to take on the global plastic waste crisis by banning imports of plastic waste. For years, the country had served as a key destination for plastic waste from ...

Corn Next says the material, derived from renewable corn starch, utilizes a patented fermentation-based process to create a fully biodegradable material with ‘superior versatility and performance’.