Plastics are everywhere in our modern way of living, and their production keeps increasing
every year, causing major environmental concerns. Nowadays, the end-of-life management …

Bio-based production of chemicals and materials has attracted much attention due to the
urgent need to establish sustainability and enhance human health. Metabolic engineering …

The accumulation of microplastics poses potential risks to soil health. Here, we did a
preliminary exploration on the potential of Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta) to reduce low …

Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) larvae are used widely as surrogate infectious
disease models, due to ease of use and the presence of an innate immune system …

The invention of fossil fuel–derived plastics changed and reshaped society for the better;
however, their mass production has created an unprecedented accumulation of waste and …

Versatility and desirable attributes of synthetic plastics have greatly contributed towards their
wide applications. However, vast accumulation of plastic wastes in environment as a result …

Face masks are an indispensable low-cost public healthcare necessity for containing viral
transmission. After the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a pandemic, there was an …

In recent years, the prevalence and accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in the soil
environment have raised worldwide concerns for their resistance to degradation and long …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most abundant polyester plastic, widely used in
textiles and packaging, but, unfortunately, it is also one of the most discarded plastics after …

This study focused on the biodegradation of LDPE films using a novel isolate of Bacillus
obtained from soil samples collected from a 20-year-old plastic waste dump. The aim was to …