Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant.

What Is the PDCA Cycle? The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle is a four-step problem-solving iterative technique used to improve business processes. Originally developed by American physicist Walter A.

Never-ending improvement is the heart of any continuous improvement effort. The Deming Cycle, or PDCA, is one of the first ...

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This process improves yield, avoids toxic waste, and could lead to more biodegradable plastics, reducing the need for ...

The PET (polyethylene terephthalate)-alternative PDCA (pyridinedicarboxylic acid) is biodegradable and has superior physical properties, according to a recent study. A Kobe University team of ...

Japanese researchers have developed an eco-friendly plastic ingredient, pyridinedicarboxylic acid (PDCA), using modified E. coli bacteria.

A Japanese research team successfully harnessed E. coli to produce PDCA, a strong, biodegradable plastic alternative. Their method avoids toxic byproducts and achieves record production levels, ...

A breakthrough bioengineering team at Kobe University has developed a new biodegradable plastic named PDCA with physical characteristics on par with, or even better than, traditional PET (polyethylene ...