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

Plastics have revolutionized manufacturing, but they’re still terrible for the environment. Manufacturing plastics is an energy-intensive slog that ends in mountains of toxic industrial waste and ...

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 ...

Like most other commonly used types of plastic, polyurethane is typically made from non-renewable crude oil, and it takes centuries to break down when discarded. Now, however, scientists have created ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Scientists present methodologies to measure stability of organic waste focusing on biological indicators, which offers a reliable measurement of the biodegradable organic matter content in organic ...

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

Erode Corporation encourages residents to segregate waste for Pongal, promoting proper disposal and special collection ...