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Packaging films for every food type

Packaging films keep food fresh, safe, and attractive, using materials from plastics to biodegradable and edible options to ...
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Bacteria-Made Material Could Replace Petroleum in Biodegradable Plastic

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant. A material called pyridinedicarboxylic acid, or PDCA, could help address at ...
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Young students invent incredible plastic alternative made from unexpected material: 'Very durable and stretchy'

Clodagh Hayes and Grainne Dineen, students from Loreto Secondary School in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, shared their progress ...
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This Biodegradable Sponge Collects Loose Microplastics—But There's a Catch

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Researchers develop living material from fungi

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the biomaterial ...