LUCKNOW, May 17 -- Researchers at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), Lucknow, have claimed a breakthrough in plastic pollution control by developing a low-cost biodegradable bioplastic from cow dung that reportedly decomposes completely in soil within 50 days.

According to a press release issued by the university PRO Rachana Gangwar, Ravi Kumar Gupta from the department of microbiology conducted the research along with PhD scholar Deshraj Deepak Kapoor.

Under Ravi Kumar Gupta's leadership, researchers identified a new bacterium from a waste dumping site, which was used to produce a bioplastic named Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).

The researchers stated that this bioplastic is durable, usable, and fully biodegradable. It decompose...