Synthetic polymers don’t exist in the wild ... This discovery inspired other researchers to scour the world in search of plastics-degrading microbes, and more are turning up.
The first entirely synthetic plastic -- meaning free of any molecule found in nature -- was invented in the United States in 1907 by Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland. Known as Bakelite, it was the ...
TextRe CEO and cofounder Lee Cohen. Photo courtesy of TextRe TextRe’s unique technology is designed to minimize the massive environmental footprint of both the textile and plastic industries. It ...
We can’t have a comfortable modern lifestyle without plastic. The priority should be finding an alternative material to replace synthetic plastics. “To improve, we also need to declare war on ...