Researchers have shown how biodegradable plastic can be turned into a foam that can be used as insulation in walls or in flotation devices. A team at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand put ...

(CN) — Scientists in China have developed a biodegradable foam that they say can remove up to 99.9% of microplastics from water, a major breakthrough in an effort to combat a pervasive environmental ...

The styrofoam cooler you remember your parents dragging to the beach as a kid is still kicking around a garbage dump somewhere, refusing to break down or disappear. That’s why the industry has ...

If you were trying to harm the environment, you couldn't do much worse than invent a flimsy, single-use styrofoam box, a hunk of non-biodegradable pollution destined to haunt this world for thousands ...

Styrofoam is a wonderful invention in many ways — how else are you going to lug home the leftovers from the restaurant? — but it’s not exactly the most earth-friendly thing humans have ever made. It ...

In Colorado, we know all too well the devastating impacts of wildfires. The loss of community, loss of loved ones, loss of homes, and more brought on by fires is a traumatic experience far too many ...

In a University of Alaska Anchorage laboratory, researchers have been growing lightweight and fuzzy panels from mushroom tissue that they say could be used as insulation for shipping frozen fish. The ...