Provided are an inorganic substance powder-blended biodegradable resin composition exhibiting excellent processability, sufficient mechanical strength and excellent flexibility as a molded product, and having economic advantage, as well as having excellent degradability under a natural environment and a molded product formed by using the composition. Provided is a molded product molded by using an inorganic substance powder-containing biodegradable resin composition including: a biodegradable resin and an inorganic substance powder in a range by mass of 10:90 to 70:30, in which the biodegradable resin is a multicomponent hydroxyalkanoic acid copolymer comprising lactic acid and other hydroxyalkanoic acid and the inorganic substance powder is heavy calcium carbonate.

Biodegradable resin particles including a polyhydroxy alkanoate. In the biodegradable resin particles, an amount of a Ca component present in the particles is 10 to 10,000 ppm, the biodegradable resin particles have a volume average particle diameter of 2 to 50 μm, the biodegradable resin particles have a BET specific surface area of 0.8 to 10 m.sup.2/g, and the biodegradable resin particles have a linseed oil absorption of 50 to 300 ml/100 g. The resin particles of the present invention can be suitably used by being included in an external preparation, such as a cosmetic or a quasi-drug.

The object of the present invention is to provide a production method which makes it possible to obtain a PHA with a simple operation. The object can be attained by providing a method for producing a polyhydroxyalkanoate, the method including the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous polyhydroxyalkanoate suspension having a pH of not more than 7; and (b) heating the aqueous polyhydroxyalkanoate suspension, prepared in the step (a), at a temperature set at 80° C. to 300° C. in a twin screw extruder so as to aggregate a polyhydroxyalkanoate.

An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a biodegradable polyester solution that exhibits good solubility in a halogen-free organic solvent and that has sufficient adhesive strength even when aged for a short time. The object is achieved by providing a biodegradable polyester solution containing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) copolymer and a solvent, the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) copolymer having an average content of 16 mol % or more 3-hydroxyhexanoate.

Nanoscopic dispersion of trace enzymes and random heteropolymers in plastics provides to fully functional plastics with eco-friendly microplastic elimination and programmable degradation.

Nanoscopic dispersion of trace enzymes and random heteropolymers in plastics provides to fully functional plastics with eco-friendly microplastic elimination and programmable degradation.

A biodegradable foam which includes a poly-ester-based polyurethane foam and a mixture comprised of a soil-dwelling carbon-digesting bacteria embedded in a carrier compound. The mixture of the soil-dwelling carbon-digesting bacteria is homogenously dispersed throughout the polyester-based polyurethane foam. This biodegradable foam exhibits biodegradation rates higher than a polyester-based polyurethane foam absent the soil-dwelling carbon-digesting bacteria.

Disclosed is a keyboard for an information handling system. The keyboard includes a top cover comprising a polyester and a plurality of jute fibers, a keycap assembly comprising one or more keycaps, and a bottom cover comprising a first polylactic acid (PLA) and a post-consumer resin (PCR). The keycap assembly can be positioned between the top cover and the bottom cover, and the top cover can include one or more openings keycap assembly keycaps to protrude through.

Compositions comprise synergistic enzyme mixtures, and related methods, to realize near-complete depolymerization in biodegradable polymer/additive blends.

The invention is directed to a biodegradable, phase separated, thermoplastic multi-block copolymer, to a process for preparing a biodegradable, phase separated, thermoplastic multi-block copolymer, to the use of a biodegradable, semi-crystalline, phase separated, thermoplastic multi-block copolymer, and to a composition for the delivery of at least one biologically active compound to a host.

The biodegradable, phase separated, thermoplastic multi-block copolymer of the invention comprises at least one amorphous hydrolysable pre-polymer (A) segment and at least one semi-crystalline hydrolysable pre-polymer (B) segment, wherein said multi-block copolymer under physiological conditions has a T.sub.g of 37° C. or less and a T.sub.m of 50-110° C.; the segments are linked by a multifunctional chain extender; the segments are randomly distributed over the polymer chain; and the pre-polymer (B) segment comprises a X-Y-X tri-block, wherein Y is a polymerisation initiator, and X is a poly(p-dioxanone) segment with a block length expressed in p-dioxanone monomer units of 7 or more.