Although many roboticists today turn to nature to inspire their designs, even bioinspired robots are usually fabricated from non-biological materials like metal, plastic and composites. But a new ...

In Nature Communications, a research team affiliated with UNIST present a fully biodegradable, robust, and energy-efficient artificial synapse that holds great promise for sustainable neuromorphic ...

Some biodegradable tableware is made with wheat straw or bran, ingredients that may contain gluten. Researchers have tested commercially available biodegradable items, reporting the initial results in ...

GNN has reported previously on how versatile bamboo is for construction and craft, so it maybe shouldn’t be a surprise that researchers in China have found a way to turn this miracle plant into ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with the correct figures from Canada’s most recent investment in 2025. The Canadian government is investing more than $640,000 to support local government ...

The Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) has officially announced its new Commercial & Home Compostable Certification program, unveiling it at the BPI Summit 2025 in Atlanta. BPI’s new certification ...

A recent review in Processes presents various aspects of edible food packaging, focusing on single-use, fast-dissolving edible pouches. Plastic food packaging, typically non-biodegradable, is a ...

In Kerala, women's squads, known as the Haritha Karma Sena, lead a decentralized waste management system, drastically reducing landfill reliance. With 37,000 trained women from the Kudambashree ...

Researchers from South Dakota State University have found that grapevine canes can be transformed into a plastic-like material that is stronger than traditional plastic and that promises to decompose ...

This method of breaking down food waste produces a biodegradable plastic, and it could change the world. A fifth of the planet's food is thrown away before it's eaten — that's 1 billion meals a day, ...

JAMMU – More than 75 tonnes of non-biodegradable waste have been removed from the Indus River in Leh within hours of the launch of the “Singe Tsangspo Tsangde Lasgul” (Mission Indus Clean-Up), which ...

Scientists in New York have developed a low-cost, scalable method to transform discarded food into eco-friendly bioplastics using bacteria. Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department ...