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- UK's Guardian switches to biodegradable wrapping for newspapers Fri, 18 Jan 19, 7:30amThe Guardian — a national newspaper in the U.K. — has ditched its polythene packaging and replaced it with a compostable wrapper in an effort to reduce plastic waste. The newspaper and its inserts are now packaged in...
- Twin brothers convert organic waste into truly biodegradable plastic Sat, 28 Oct 17, 12:41amYou know plastic is a problem. But Jeff and Dane Anderson, twin brothers in California, are trying to do something about that problem. They started a company, Full Cycle Bioplastics, to make a fully biodegradable plastic....
- Egyptian scientists turn dried shrimp shells into eco-friendly plastic Sat, 4 Mar 17, 2:37amPlastic is a plague on this planet, but it doesn't have to be. A group of Egyptian researchers is developing a kind of plastic won't languish in landfills for hundreds of years - made with dried shrimp shells. Just six months...
- Banana Plastic: Researchers Create Strong Plastic from Fruit that Rivals Kevlar Thu, 31 Mar 11, 12:18amA team of Brazilian researchers developed a way to create strong, lightweight plastic with the fibers in fruit.