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 ...

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 ...

In a landfill, a plastic bottle can take more than a thousand years to break down. But a new process can transform polyethylene plastic in days, using bacteria to eat the waste and then turn it into a ...

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The study Biodegradable Innovations: Harnessing Agriculture for Eco-Friendly Plastics, published in the Journal of ...

CEBU City Mayor Nestor Archival has again urged residents to strictly follow waste segregation rules, pointing out that ...

Starting Friday, the city of Plattsburgh will require that yard waste be disposed of in paper or biodegradable bags. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley followed a Department of Public Works ...

Amid the tall ceilings of a massive lab, innovation is bubbling to the surface. "We're trying to convert the food waste to bioplastic," said Drew Wang, the principal investigator of a new project at ...