If you order takeout in Los Angeles and your meal comes with a compostable fork made from PLA—a common bio-based plastic—you’re not supposed to toss the utensil in your curbside compost bin. The city ...

Several months have now passed since the Biden-Harris Administration and the Office of Science and Technology Policy issued an array of goals and priorities aimed at positioning the U.S. as a leader ...

Emerging research shows that plant-based plastics — just like petroleum-based plastics — contain many thousands of synthetic chemicals, with large numbers of them extremely toxic. However, the ...

Some Honda models are swapping plastics for bio-based materials, hinting that the next shift in motorcycles might be one we ...

Braskem is working to improve Scope 3 accounting through life cycle assessments, addressing gaps in today’s GHG Protocol and ...

Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tough, and instead of breaking down naturally in the environment, they break up ...

While the continued growth of the plastics sector is a major sustainability risk for companies amid society’s calls to phase out fossil fuels, replacing them with bioplastics is not the answer (“Plant ...

When the San Francisco sea lion named Blonde Bomber made one of his regular appearances at the city's Pier 39, residents were alarmed at the plastic strap wrapped around his neck. Alarmed, but also ...

The Brazilian bio-based ethylene facility is now operating at a capacity of 260 thousand tons per year. The celebrated expansion of the world’s first, industrial scale, bio-polyethylene comes thirteen ...

Honda has opted for Mitsubishi Chemical’s Durabio bio-engineering plastic in its latest motorcycle and mini-car models.

Mushrooms can be tasty to eat, a trip to consume and also make for a twist on the cause of a zombie invasion for a certain video game and TV series. South Korean automaker Kia thinks mushrooms also ...