(MENAFN- GetNews) Polylactic Acid (PLA) fiber is emerging as a groundbreaking material in the textile industry. Derived from renewable plant resources, PLA fiber stands out for its biodegradability, ...

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Engineered bacteria can produce a plastic modifier that makes renewable plastic easier to process, more fracture-resistant, and highly biodegradable even in seawater. The Kobe University research ...

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million ...

Biodegradable drinking cups or vegetable wrapping foil: the bioplastic known as polylactic acid (PLA) is already a part of our everyday lives. And yet, PLA is not yet considered a full alternative to ...

A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal ...

In early 2000, the Cargill Dow joint venture announced that it would build a 300 million-lb-per-year plant in Blair, Neb., making polylactic acid (PLA). The product was going to be the first commodity ...

Polylactic acid - used in food packaging, disposable tableware and clothing - found to alter gut metabolism and harm gut barrier of mice Microplastics from a widely used biodegradable material can ...

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