A recent report on “Accelerating the Circular Supply Chain for Plastics” highlights the need to address plastics pollution by capitalizing on technologies that convert waste plastics into other materials.

PrimaLoft has developed a recycled polyester polymer with an attached simple sugar to enhance the material’s susceptibility to biodegradation.

Researchers from Penn State and the University of Alabama have described the use of LEGO bricks to solve a common problem facing lab-grown meat—lack of structural support.

Scientists from the University of Science and Technology Liaoning, China have published a report in Energy Conversion and Management that demonstrates the use of renewable biomass for production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

In a testament to the exciting commercial opportunities that exist for cellulose nanomaterials, the University of Maine Process Development Center (PDC) recently reported that since 2013 they have distributed over 4 tons of cellulose nanomaterials (CNM) to over 600 organizations worldwide, including over 300 companies and 275 universities.