Chemical recycling was validated step-by-step from laboratory scale to pilot scale. After optimizing conditions at the lab ...

In a recent article published in Scientific Reports, researchers presented a composite wound dressing composed of polylactic acid (PLA), curcumin, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), designed to improve ...

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million ...

Biopolymers have a variety of possible applications due to their renewable characteristics and their potential biodegradability. Biopolymers are polymers that are either bio-based, biodegradable, or ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADM (NYSE: ADM) and LG Chem announced today that their previously announced projects for the production of lactic and polylactic acid will not move forward. “Since we ...

Dublin, Dec. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Polylactic Acid Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2020-2030F" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...

CHICAGO & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LG Chem (KRX: 051910), a leading global diversified chemical company, and ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in nutrition and biosolutions, announced today ...

VistaTek creates manufacturing company for specialty line to manufacture plates, bowls and other items from plant-based plastics. At major league ballparks across the country, teams are increasingly ...

The South Korean chemical maker LG Chem and agricultural giant ADM will not go ahead with their planned joint ventures to make lactic acid and polylactic acid (PLA) at ADM’s site in Decatur, Illinois.

Futerro, an affiliate of the Belgian lactic acid maker Galactic, plans to build a polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Port-Jérôme, in the Normandy region of France. The biobased-polymer facility will ...

Developing efficient strategies for the conversion and recycling of polylactic acid (PLA) has gained significant attention in recent years. Literature studies have reported photoreforming strategies ...