According to their study, the new technique is potentially scalable and would open up new ways to dispose of unrecyclable ...

Researchers just created a biodegradable plastic using bacteria spores and thermoplastic polyurethane that could even benefit ...

A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint. Researchers led by the University ...

Conveniently, there are already bacteria that have been identified that can break down TPU, including a species called ...

Scientists have demonstrated a creative solution to plastic pollution, one of our most pressing environmental problems.

Living plastic containing dormant bacteria that spring into life when thrown away to aid decomposition has been invented by ...

The new biodegradable TPU bioplastic is filled with bacterial spores from a strain of Bacillus subtilis that has the ability to break down plastic polymer materials. When exposed to nutrients present ...

A biodegradable "living plastic" is made by combining thermoplastic polyurethane pellets (left) and Bacillus subtilis spores ...

The researchers emphasise that introducing live cells into polymer composites could significantly improve both their material ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in ...

By Stephen Beech via SWNS A revolutionary new "living plastic" could slash damage to the environment, claims a new study. The ...

Scientists make a self-destructing plastic using plastic-eating bacteria in a sci-fi like development.