Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...

Multiple research teams across the globe have developed biodegradable packaging materials built from plant fibers, producing ...

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 ...

The cost equation has flipped in favor of green packaging — so why are so many businesses still using high cost as an excuse ...

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant. A material called pyridinedicarboxylic acid, or PDCA, could help address at ...

Biodegradable plastics don’t break down on their own. Researchers found ocean microbes play a key role, and results can vary ...