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13 best sustainable gifts for the home chef in your life
All products on Bon Appétit are independently selected by our editors. However, when you purchase goods through our retail links, we may earn member commissions. Holidays are all about generosity and kindness. What better way to celebrate this season than giving back to the planet with sustainabl...Read more -
Podcast: COVID-19 human trials, air pollution monitoring and better plastics | Empire News
In this version: Launch a human challenge test against COVID-19, a new air pollution monitoring network in London, and fully biodegradable plastics. News: Potential new physics and climate change innovations-Imperial physicists are part of a team that has discovered clues to new physics, and a ne...Read more -
UK to get first ever standard for biodegradable plastic following confusion over terminology
Plasic will have to break down into organic matter and carbon dioxide in the open air within two years to be classed as biodegradable under a new UK standard being introduced by the British Standards Institute. Ninety per cent of the organic carbon contained in plastic needs to be converted into ...Read more -
LG Chem introduces world’s 1st biodegradable plastic with identical properties, functions
By Kim Byung-wook Published : Oct 19, 2020 – 16:55 Updated : Oct 19, 2020 – 22:13 LG Chem said Monday that it has developed a new material made of 100 percent biodegradable raw materials, the first in the world that is identical to synthetic plastic in its properties and functio...Read more -
Britain Introduces Standard for Biodegradable
Companies will need to prove their products break down into harmless wax containing no microplastics or nanoplastics. In tests using Polymateria’s biotransformation formula, polyethylene film fully broke down in 226 days and plastic cups in 336 days. Beauty Packaging Staff10.09.20 Currently...Read more
