But while polystyrene can be foamed easily, non-toxic semi-crystalline polymers, such as polypropylene (PP) and polylactic acid (PLA), only ... a measure of how much a material can expand when ...

VistaTek creates manufacturing company for specialty line to manufacture plates, bowls and other items from plant-based plastics. At major league ballparks across the country, teams are ...

The company also claimed that its material maintains the necessary ... to conventional plastics and bioplastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.

The most commonly used materials are Polylactic Acid (PLA), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), PP (Polypropylene), PET-G (Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol) and Nylon. In general PLA, PP and PET-G ...

Some tea bags are also made from a new kind of material called biodegradable plastics, like polylactic acid. Tea bags made from paper will theoretically shed fewer (or no) microplastics when ...

A polyester-type biodegradable plastic could be formed by using L-lactic acid as the raw material for polylactic acid. This time, by using L-alanine, an amino acid with a similar structure ...