Should all certified biobased plastics be counted as compostable? The answer depends on who is asked. The National Organic ...

Introduction The global generation of waste is escalating at an unprecedented rate, driven by rapid urbanisation, population ...

A group of students in Ukraine whose lives have been interrupted by the four-year war with Russia hasn't lost the spirit for ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Kerala’s Hygiene Laboratories launches Diaper Dissolver, a patented eco-friendly solution to dissolve diaper and sanitary pad ...

The Lapu-Lapu City Government launches its Purok-Based Solid Waste Management System under City Ordinance No. 17-016-2025 at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. (Photo courtesy of EMB Central ...

Researchers combined milk protein, starch, and volcanic clay to create a biodegradable packaging film that degrades in 13 ...

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

The Kochi Corporation’s annual expenditure on waste management – including both biodegradable and non-biodegradable – has soared to over ₹32 crore from less than ₹10 crore in the years preceding the ...

Harrison Ford has a great collection of cars, planes, and motorcycles. However, his Mercedes SL R129 likely has a pretty ...

When paper straws started appearing in coffee shops and restaurants a few years back, most of us welcomed them with open arms ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), working with collaborators, report a new biomaterial ...