Scientist Luiz Henrique Mattoso and students Marcos Lorevice and Caio Otoni display edible plastic made from papayas. (Photo by Flavio Ubiali / Embrapa) BRASILIA, Brazil, January 14, 2015 (ENS) – ...

Fact—the world is having a hard time managing the volume of waste that we generate. In fact, specific to plastic trash alone, a report estimates that the number of fish in the Earth’s oceans will be ...

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When John Wesley Hyatt invented the original synthetic polymer (plastic) in 1869, it was considered an earth-shattering accomplishment. For the first time ever, a manufactured product was not plagued ...

When the whiskey company Glenlivet announced its now infamous edible whiskey capsules, swiftly dubbed “Whiskey Tide Pods,” it was mercilessly mocked on late-night talk shows and Twitter. Not all of ...

Scientists are increasingly looking at developing ways to replace plastic, particularly in single-use, high volume, disposable applications. Food packaging is one of these areas. Can edible food ...

In the U.S., convenience food is king. A 2015 analysis showed that packaged, processed foods make up more than 60% of the foods we buy at the grocery store. Beyond nutrition and food waste, there is ...

Given the well-known detrimental effect of water bottles on the environment, some states have proposed banning plastic water bottles altogether. With 38 billion bottles annually decomposing after not ...

Polish design student Roza Janusz has created Scoby, an eco-friendly alternative to plastic packaging that is easily grown with the same methods used to make kombucha. Created from fermented bacteria ...

Plastic straws have a bad rap, but it's for a good reason. Disposable straws made from plastic don't decompose easily and with eight million metric tons of plastic ending up in the ocean each year, ...

Thanks to the work being done by researchers at UConn, plastic wrap meant for storing food may soon be swapped for ...