Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world's plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home-compostable plastic, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have augmented polylactide (...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-06-additive-faster-bioplastic-biodegradation-transparency.html)

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