Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental problems facing the world today. Every year, the total amount of plastic waste produced worldwide exceeds 350 million tons, most of which ends up in landfills or in the ocean, posing a huge threat to the environment, wildlife and human health. The harm of plastic waste cannot be ignored. First, plastic waste causes serious pollution to the environm...

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them. How did this happen? Plastics made from fossil fuels are just over a century old. Production and development of thousands of new plastic products accelerated after World War II, so transforming the modern age t...

1. Environmental footprint of PLA Polylactic acid (PLA) is considered to be the most potential material to replace traditional plastics and can be used for almost all kinds of plastics in injection molding, film, sheet, fiber. Under the goal of global low-carbon development and China's carbon neutrality, the low-carbon properties of polylactic acid have been recognized by the industry. PLA has a w...

Scientists have identified microplastics in human blood for the first time, a new study shows, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also enter all organs of the body. According to Agence France-Presse reported on March 25, microplastics are defined as tiny plastic fragments less than 5 mm in diameter, originating from the 8 billion tons of plastic produced worldwide since the 1950s, of whic...

More and more plastic products are labelled as ‘compostable’, ‘biodegradable’, ‘oxo-degradable’ or ‘bio-based’. However, plastics made from bio-based materials are not necessarily compostable or biodegradable. The European Environment Agency offers its guidance. © master1305 - stock.adobe.com Plastics that biodegrade can be made from fossil fuel-based materials, but what is the difference bet...