BRIGHTON, England, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A 23-year-old Briton has cooked up a compostable compound she hopes will one day replace much single-use plastic - and its main ingredient is byproducts of the ...

The devices could soon also be more eco-friendly, as scientists have recently developed a method of making them from fish scales. Ordinarily, so-called "electronic skin" gadgets consist of a flexible, ...

This new packaging prototype looks like conventional plastic, but it’s actually made from fish waste and algae—and unlike plastic, if it escapes into the ocean, a fish could likely eat it safely. The ...

Single-use plastics are a growing problem for our planet, but they have also become a mainstay for people around the world. How can we replace the plastic bags, wrappers and more that plague us? One ...

Student Lucy Hughes made the biodegradable plastic using fish waste and red algae in a bid to end single-use plastic waste. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer covering all things ...