While municipal corporations and governments around the country wrestle with ways to deal with the growing menace of plastic waste, a method to convert commonly thrown-away plastic into a resin used ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - A team of researchers at Washington State University has developed a new method of recycling polyactic acid (PLA), a plastic often used in filament, plastic silverware and food ...

Although plant-based polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic is acclaimed for its biodegradability, it can take quite a long time to degrade if the conditions aren't quite right. Bearing this fact in mind, ...

A method to convert a commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D-printing could allow for making better use of plastic waste. A team of Washington State University researchers developed a ...

Thirty minutes north of Omaha, outside Blair, Nebraska, the aroma of steaming corn—damp and sweet—falls upon my car like a heavy curtain. The farmland rolls on, and the source of the smell remains a ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (March 14, 2:15 p.m. ET) — In a deal between two bioplastics leaders, Metabolix Inc, has licensed a patent covering bio-based PLA resin to NatureWorks LLC. The patent - known as the ...

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated ...