Could specially engineered enzymes soon be used to break down our mountains of plastic waste?
New research from a university in the UK has resulted in a new type of latex glove that could actually help reduce environmental damage - produced more sustainably and much quicker to biodegrade than current options on the market.
VeganBottle is a new alternative to environmentally-unfriendly one-use plastic bottles - made from a plant-based, fully biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic.
Biodegradable plastics derived from plant materials seem like a solution to sustainably deal with the vast mount of plastic that is used and thrown away each year.