A 60-day incubation study of Loess Plateau orchard soils shows biodegradable PLA microplastics sharply increased carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions while conventional PE and PET plastics ...

A seventh-grade student in Puerto Rico has found a new use for plantain peels discarded by her school cafeteria, turning them ...

Newswise — Plastic pollution has become a globally recognized environmental issue, with agriculture increasingly serving as a significant reservoir for microplastics due to the widespread use of ...

Sun Ferreira, an assistant professor in the food science department for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, is a co-author of a review article published in Trends in Food ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science fiction, yet chemists are now doing something close by turning ordinary milk ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

Mango Materials, a California-based company that creates biodegradable polymers for use in plastic products, has been scaling up and commercializing a biomanufacturing technology that utilizes methane ...

Chili is a vital cash crop in many countries, and Sri Lanka is no exception. As one of the pillar industries of the country’s agriculture, chili not only meets domestic consumption needs but also is ...

The global annual production of plastics rose to 400 million metric tons in 2022 and is projected to double by 2050. Many items produced are single-use, and less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled.

Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera collected discarded peels from her school cafeteria and turned them into a biodegradable mulch ...

While biodegradable plastics currently account for 0.5% of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced annually, a growing demand for the alternative reflects consumer awareness and corporate ...