However, innovative solutions are needed to tackle today's global ecological crisis, and bioplastics can play a crucial role in the process. Bioplastics, according to KTU professor Dr. Ramunė ...

The European project PROMICON issued five policy recommendations to support a new method for the production of sustainable bioplastics from microorganisms.

Bioplastics, synthesized from plant sugars ... believes the answer lies in a mechanism called DNA endoreplication. The process, which occurs naturally in most flowering plants, gives rise to ...

They improved the process of using microorganisms in production while using the same ingredients used for making existing bioplastics. When the researchers tested the new material in a nitrogen ...

A sustainable process or activity can continue for a ... compared conventional plastic utensils (plus cups and plates) with bioplastic alternatives. Though less sustainable than materials like ...

Kaneko uses many techniques to knit them into long chains in a process called macromolecule design. Kaneko and colleagues have been trying to increase the melting point of bioplastics. In a 2020 ...