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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 ...

If you've ever been turning over your compost heap and found months-old "compostable" plastic items that were still mostly intact – well, you're not alone. New research states that 60% of such ...

It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these materials emit enormous amounts of planet-warming gases, but they also can take ...

A new type of circuit board which is almost entirely biodegradable could help reduce the environmental harms of electronic ...

There might be a simpler way to combat the global plastics use problem. Modern society has has a big problem when it comes to plastic -- and it's contributing heavily to pollution and climate change.

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% ...

The holidays are just around the corner, and some of us, trying to be mindful of the environment, might resort to biodegradable tableware instead of plastic. But beware: the natural ingredients used ...

While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...

Regulatory questions cloud the segment’s future, as do concerns about feedstocks, material capabilities and compostability claims. Meanwhile, the National Organic Standards Board has a notable meeting ...

Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in the environment for hundreds of years - Copyright AFP TIMOTHY A. CLARY Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in ...