Banning plastic bags in food distribution is complicated and not all municipalities are on board. Are bioplastics a solution?
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Truly green plastic requires more than sustainable raw materials.
Plant-based, sustainable plastics may hold many of the answers to our plastic problems.
China, which recycles much of the world’s waste material, is slashing its scrap imports. This move could force the United States and Europe to boost recycling instead of shipping trash overseas.
Tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year, but a switch away from petroleum-based products to bio-derived and degradable composites could lessen marine pollution.
Consumers and makers of plastic products want plastic to biodegrade to minimize the environmental impact, but some additives don’t live up to the claims.
The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 was one of the greatest expos the world had ever seen. Visitors to Flushing Meadow Park in Queens were invited to see the “world of tomorrow” giving them a first glimpse…
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University
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Director of the School of Packaging, Michigan State University
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioenergy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor of Packaging, Michigan State University
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Associate professor, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor in Materials and Environmental Innovation, University of Portsmouth
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Professeur du MNHN, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Principal Research Fellow in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Pollution, University of Portsmouth
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Ingénieure de Recherche, Université Paris Cité
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PhD Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University