Bags made from biodegradable materials for collecting organic household waste have been available on the market for several years. Now researchers in a large-scale pilot study have conducted an ...

A video posted by TikToker Waste-Ed (@getwasteed) with almost 700 comments showed that most plastic bags marketed as being biodegradable are really just a sack of lies. In the video, a filthy, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60% ...

Germany’s nova-Institute has published the first comprehensive market study on the consumption of biodegradable and compostable plastic products in Europe, announced managing director Michael Carus at ...

Ranchi Municipal Corporation to install maize-starch biodegradable bag unit at Naga Baba Khatal, producing 70–80 kg/day and empowering women SHGs.

The National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar has secured a national patent for a special water-soluble biodegradable plastic after a year-long research by an assistant professor and ...

Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...

Nine popular eco-friendly habits sound virtuous but scientists say they make very little real environmental difference. The ...

Kansas City, Missouri-based Biolo, a flexible packaging company, uses PHA to manufacture bags that biodegrade in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Biolo says its polyhydroxyalkanoate-based ...

DRUERA launches a five-blend Ceylon Cinnamon Tea collection featuring authentic Alba-grade cinnamon in plastic-free, ...