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CSU Announces Redesigned “Dream” Biodegradable Plastics

Colorado State University (CSU) announced on April 11, 2023, that its chemists, led by Eugene Chen, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry, have created a synthetic polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)...more

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Bioplastics: Snickers® Candy Bars Have It Wrapped Up

A team of researchers from Yale University, the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison just published a study on a durable, biodegradable plastic alternative made 100% of wood. This study is just one...more

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U.K. Announces Open Consultation Call For Evidence To Develop Standards For Compostable, And Biobased Plastics

On July 22, 2019, the United Kingdom (U.K.) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced an open consultation for the development of standards for...more

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How To Use Coffee Grounds To Produce Biodegradable Plastic

At Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, Dominik Kopp, a Ph.D. student, has developed a method for turning coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. Because of its properties, sugars are an efficient source...more

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Boom Predicted in Biodegradable Stent Market

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Stents, which are typically inserted into a blood vessel in order to expand the vessel to prevent or alleviate a blockage, have traditionally been made from metal mesh and remained in the body permanently (or until later...more

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