Call something biodegradable and figure environmentalists would love it. Think again. As the word biodegradable is being attached to plastics like garbage bags and diapers, it is a source of concern ...

You probably think about what and how much you throw away – but do you ever stop to think about what you throw it into? If ...

At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability. So you buy something ...

As tons of plastic items continue to take up space in landfills, and the floating Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow, environmentally-conscious consumers are understandably becoming more ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

Psst. That coffee cup in your hand. Where will you toss it? Trash bin? Recycling bin? What about the little white bag that has a few grease spots from your Mexican restaurant chips? And what happens ...

In an effort to mitigate consumer confusion and help maintain the integrity of recyclable materials streams, three laws proposed in North Carolina and Alabama would require containers made from ...

The Biodegradable Labels Market report offers qualitative and quantitative insights as well as a thorough examination of the market size and expansion rate of all potential market segments. The report ...