Scientists Turn Milk Protein Into a Biodegradable Plastic Alternative—Here's How

Researchers combined milk protein, starch, and volcanic clay to create a biodegradable packaging film that degrades in 13 ...
Science Daily

This plastic is made from milk and it vanishes in 13 weeks

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium ...
Yahoo

Bacteria-Made Material Could Replace Petroleum in Biodegradable Plastic

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant. A material called pyridinedicarboxylic acid, or PDCA, could help address at ...
India Today on MSN

Australian university creates plastic from milk that disappears in 13 weeks

Scientists at Australia's Flinders University have developed a biodegradable plastic-like film made partly from milk protein.
The Conversation

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...
The Sheboygan Press

Plastics can take hundreds of years to break down. This Wisconsin company's biodegradable film aims to change that.

SHEBOYGAN – A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process. Packaging Systems of Wisconsin, a ...