These plastics are derived from starches such as maize, wheat, potato and cassava. One example is thermoplastic starch (TPS), ...

Focusing on developing and validating methods to detect micro- and macroplastics in soils and drainage waters, with an emphasis on how drainage water impacts municipal wastewater treatment, a key ...

The issue of plastic waste in agriculture is not just limited to Uganda, but around the world. Climate change too have made ...

Inorganic mulches include gravel or shredded rubber. You can put layers of newspaper, cardboard, plastic, or landscaping fabric under your mulch to improve weed suppression. The mulch you use can ...

The initiative aims to reuse waste from mushroom cultivation and develop a compostable biofilm to replace conventional fossil-based plastic mulch films, which are expensive and difficult to recycle.

With so many choices available at garden centers, how do you choose the best mulch material for your vegetable garden? Wood chips or pine bark? Or perhaps a synthetic material that will help trap ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

ContentsThe problemThe ideal sustainable packagingWhat biodegradable really meansThe problem with ‘biodegradable’ ...

[1] Propyrisulfuron plus cyhalofop butyl as one-shot herbicides provide high weed control efficiency and net economic performance in mechanically transplanted … ...