AIMPLAS is leading the MICROFAGO project to accelerate the decomposition of compostable bioplastics in waste treatment ...

Biodegradability of five commercial plastic bags labelled as “biodegradable” and two referent materials were studied by a soil test for three months. As a control experiment, for studying abiotic ...

AIMPLAS says it has developed a method for assessing the biodegradability of plastic materials ‘three times faster’ than conventional testing methods, hoping to allow companies to streamline decision ...

The plastics industry is moving towards a more sustainable model, driven by circular economy principles and innovation in biodegradable and compostable materials. However, conventional biodegradation ...

Biodegradation is an important natural process during oil spill cleanup. A new study revealed that using spill treating agents does not negatively impact naturally occurring biodegradation. Using ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. In the last decade, the microbial community established on ...

1 IMT Nord Europe, Centre for Materials and Processes, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Lille, France 2 ULR 4515 – LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, Institut Mines-Télécom, ...

Heriot-Watt is proud to announce a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Impact Solutions that promises to transform biodegradation testing for polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs). PLFs are ...

This content was written and submitted by the supplier. It has only been modified to comply with this publication’s space and style. Bioelements Group, a sustainable packaging company in Latin America ...

Every year, 400 million tons of plastic products are produced worldwide, half of which are single-use items discarded within a year. In particular, non-biodegradable plastic waste, which takes over ...