The monomers can then be reused for manufacturing new plastic items. One wonders if this could also be used in another way – perhaps in a multimaterial printer, allowing PLA to be used for ...

The resin, known as polylactic acid (PLA), will be formed into containers and packaging for food and consumer goods. The trendy plastic has several things going for it. It’s made from a ...

Researchers have developed an enzyme and then integrated it into PLA so that it helps degrade the plastic and withstand the high temperatures of enzymatic plastic manufacturing. Published in ...

Otherwise, molten plastic prefers to spill out the back instead ... and A “glue stick” of the correct size and shape made from PLA instead of hot glue After a bit of research, I purchased ...

Innovative polylactic acid (PLA)-curcumin nanofibers enhanced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) improve antibacterial activity, ...

The cardboard completely decomposes in three to six weeks, compared to three months for untreated cardboard and hundreds of years for cardboard lined with a kind of plastic known as PLA.

SAMSUNG E&A has announced that it is the contractor for its upcoming polylactic acid (PLA) production plant in the United ...

The strategic project, said to be the world's largest PLA plant, will produce biodegradable plastic alternative ...