University of Queensland researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic to set a new sustainability standard for ...

Mass-produced plastic food packaging could be made more sustainable with a biodegradable alternative developed by researchers at the University of Queensland. The biocomposite has been successfully ...

Yet the oil industry plans to increase plastic production 40 percent over the next decade. Fueled by an oversupply of fracked gas, plastics plants are popping up across the nation to turn fossil fuels ...

A key breakthrough came in 1907, when Belgian-American chemist, Leo Baekeland, created Bakelite, the first real synthetic, mass-produced plastic. As the years progressed, it became indispensable ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic to set a new sustainability standard for mass-produced food packaging such as fruit punnets. Dr Luigi Vandi (left) and Vince ...