Because plastic is so commonly used, finding new ways to manage and recycle plastic waste is becoming ever more ...

Researchers have developed an enzyme and then integrated it into PLA so that it helps degrade the plastic and withstand the high temperatures of enzymatic plastic manufacturing. Published in ...

To tackle the growing pollution crisis, scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that remains stable ...

This sounded like exactly what I wanted, but unfortunately, acetone doesn’t have this same effect on PLA. After some more research I found people suggesting Weld-On #16, an acrylic adhesive that ...

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts presents an innovative solution to plastic pollution: ...

The cardboard completely decomposes in three to six weeks, compared to three months for untreated cardboard and hundreds of years for cardboard lined with a kind of plastic known as PLA.