An almost entirely biodegradable circuit board has been developed and could help reduce the environmental harm of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) As wearable technologies like smart watches and fitness trackers continue to grow in popularity, scientists are searching for ways to make these devices more environmentally ...

The world produces over 92 million tons of textile waste annually, much of it made from synthetic materials that can linger for centuries. Add to that the surge in wearable electronics—smartwatches, ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Led by Western Europe, increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items such as drinking straws is driving growing demand for ...

Why we need to replace single use devices with sustainable alternatives. How does the sustainable ECG patch work? In 2019 alone, people discarded 53 metric tons of electronic waste. Replacing ...

What you need to know about a type of fungus capable of eating non-biodegradable plastic materials. While investigating soil samples (AKA dirt), a team of researchers in Islamabad, Pakistan, found a ...

Isabel Thomlinson receives funding from the EPSRC. The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to ...

Goa will roll out a statewide deposit refund scheme (DRS) from April 1 to curb non-biodegradable waste by incentivising the ...