Despite the challenges, experts are optimistic. Researchers highlight advancements that could make hospitals safer: 'The ...

Plastic microbeads ... By harnessing the properties of the cellulose and lignin present in BSG, this innovation demonstrates ...

Recycling remains one of the most viable strategies for managing plastic waste, yet traditional methods face several ...

Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method ...

UTA chemists explain how plastic pyrolysis works to breaks down plastic waste into molecules that be used again ...

Every year, some 5.6 million metric tons of plastic packaging winds up in household waste in Germany after being used just ...

Launched by Naman Gupta and his brother Vipul Gupta, Code Effort is a social enterprise dealing with cigarette butt waste ...

Removing plastic from clean water is one thing ... Chitin is readily available from seafood processing waste, and cellulose can be sourced from agricultural byproducts. The research paper also ...

The former has received a lot of attention currently, as the addition of cellulose and similar elements to thermopolymers such as PLA can create so-called biocomposites that create plastics ...

have discovered a biocatalyst called CelOCE (Cellulose Oxidative Cleaving Enzyme) stemming from a soil bacteria, which can transform waste into biofuel. The enzyme, isolated from bacteria found in ...