Consulting firm’s report lists lack of recycling infrastructure as one problematic aspect of polylactic acid bioresin. While products made from bioresins may carry recyclability or compostability ...

PlasticsToday published on October 18 an article extolling the recycling virtues of polyactic acid, better known as PLA (Sorting PLA from Municipal Solid Waste is Proven Easy Again). This is a quote ...

BANGKOK — While many places struggle to get bioplastics into the mainstream, strong government action has helped Taiwan quietly become one of the top spots worldwide for manufacturing products from ...

Making plastic materials out of biomass instead of crude oil and natural gas offers a number of environmental benefits, but these so-called bioplastics tend to underperform in a few key areas.

Bioresin manufacturer NatureWorks LLC says the Taiwan government's plan to mandate recycling for bottles and containers made from polylactic acid is a directive that could help drive the recycling of ...

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, ...

Compostable plastic can be turned into a foam that functions as building insulation, creating a potential solution to difficulties in recycling the material. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a plastic made of ...

Biodegradable plastics have been hailed as an eco-friendly alternative to solve the global plastic pollution crisis. These are made from renewable resources like corn starch and sugar cane as compared ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich, an international university for technology and the natural sciences, have come up an alternative method to produce lactic acid, as demand for biodegradable plastic packaging ...

A company called Plarco Inc., based in Eau Claire, Wis., says it will be dedicated “exclusively to recycling post-consumer and post-industrial poly-lactic acid (PLA) back into lactic acid — PLA’s ...