What happens to a cigarette but when it’s thrown away? A new study offers an unsettling answer: not much; at least not in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers at Georgia Tech invented a process that uses physical impacts to decompose PET plastic instead of applying heat or ...

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

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Most times, the way we handle our waste is the difference between conservation and ruining the environment One of the ways we degrade the environment is through how we handle our waste products. It’s ...

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Plastic pollution is one of the most defining environmental challenges of our time. Despite efforts to recycle or responsibly dispose of plastic, vast garbage patches in the oceans continue to grow, ...

SHEBOYGAN – A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process. Packaging Systems of Wisconsin, a ...

A recent study published in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research explores how nutritional amino acids (AAs)—both essential (EAAs) and nonessential (NEAAs)—affect the breakdown of polystyrene ...