A study conducted by Western University researchers found that hemp bioplastics make suitable packaging material. The study showed that hemp is more biodegradable than polyethylene materials. Hemp bio ...

Hemp3D’s Andrew Bader, left, and Joe Naumann stand among the 3D printers used to make products out of plastics infused with hemp at Bader’s home in Seward. A 3D printer produces a set of hemp infused ...

Reducing plastic production should be one of the goals of all of us who inhabit the Earth. Two brothers from Nebraska, Andrew Bader and Steve Bader, are doing their part in saving the planet from ...

As our planet grapples with the burdensome legacy of plastic, it appears we may have been looking in the wrong place for a solution. We turned to complex chemistry and elaborate technological ...

One would be hard-pressed to find an agricultural product more versatile or environmentally friendly than hemp. For centuries, this hearty and fibrous plant, which can grow in diverse climates and ...

A hemp producer based in Dayton, Ohio has a new customer for its crop after the firm signed a deal with a processor in nearby Michigan to provide raw material for hemp-based bioplastics. Under its new ...

New research reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces examined the potential to use hemp as a bioplastic. Hemp could potentially provide sustainable, economic manufacturing material for ...

Kevin Tubbs, founder of the Hemp Plastic Company, sees the world through bioplastic glasses. The Denver-based company specializes in flexible bioplastic packaging containers made from byproducts of ...

STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) – A University of Connecticut professor is making polymers from hemp. He says it is a better alternative to plastic. Chemistry professor Greg Sotzing has developed a way to use an ...

It sounds like a perfect opportunity for collaboration with some hot topics in business, combining a booming business for legal marijuana packaging, recently legalized hemp farming in the U.S. and ...