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 ...

Compostable plastic packaging market projected to reach $203 billion by 2035 driven by EPR programs and sustainability ...

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 ...

They're often touted as 'eco-friendly', but a new study may have you second guessing buying compostable bags. Sourceful, a Manchester-based sustainable packaging startup, analysed more than 20 ...

Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. In home compost bins, 60% of home-compostable ...

Some plastic alternatives need to be put in industrial compost facilities or require acres of land for production. Sway's seaweed plastic needs neither. This startup turns food waste into bioplastic ...

With the fashion industry’s use of packaging responsible for 26% of the total plastic created globally each year, moving to sustainable options is an obvious step. There is also increased pressure to ...

Environmentalists and social activists have been demanding that the government ban compostable plastic bags, as most of these bags do not break down properly in natural conditions. The state ...

It was hailed as a wonderful thing: During the oil boom in the 1950s, chemists began to render the waste coming out of refineries into plastic — plastic packaging, plastic furniture, plastic fibers ...

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