Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health. But how long plastics take to degrade and how environmental bacteria work ...

Scientists have identified over 600,000 microbial proteins that can break down plastics, revealing a nearly universal ability ...

Dear EarthTalk: Couldn’t we use bacteria to break down plastic in the environment so it isn’t such an ecosystem hazard? -- Patricia S., via email Since 2001, the world has generated over 2.5 billion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetically modified E. coli bacteria break down plastic molecules and reassemble them into pharmaceutical compounds. Lead ...

Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, revealing a far broader biodegradation potential across microbes than ...

P-Life Japan Inc. announced that Keio University researchers identified bacteria capable of bioassimilating plastics treated ...

Scientists have discovered how to turn used plastic bottles into a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the ...

Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest. Hundreds of plastic-eating microbes that could help us clean up have been ...

Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have found that there are marine bacteria living in all the world’s oceans that are able to consume and digest ...

Wriggle Brew is an Orlando-based startup that is taking a unique approach to tackling both harmful fertilizer runoff and plastic pollution, using earthworms and good bacteria. News 6 Orlando reported ...

Plastic pollution has spread across the land and into the deepest parts of the ocean. Many plastics contain additives such as phthalic acid esters (PAEs), which act as plasticizers to make materials ...