If the over-reliance on petroleum for plastics production is not already a problem, the plastics pollution crisis is and will remain the most concerning environmental issue for citizens across the ...

PROMOFER project focuses on different strategies to overcome key industrial bottlenecks in the fermentation processes of two high-value bio-based compounds: PHBV and 2,3-BDO. Funded by the European ...

Biopolymers have a variety of possible applications due to their renewable characteristics and their potential biodegradability. Biopolymers are polymers that are either bio-based, biodegradable, or ...

There are already polymers that are 100 % biodegradable and are not made from oil. A "100% biodegradable polymer" is one that is totally turned into carbon dioxide, humus, and water by soil ...