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 ...

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).

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...

While experts agree we should use less plastic in any form, some say as long as plastics are here to stay, we should be using degradable materials -- and also pushing governments to help us dispose of ...

We live in a world full of complicated plastics. They include plastics No. 1-7, bioplastics, degradable plastics and compostable plastics. An increasing number of products today are described as ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says waste terms such as 'biodegradable' and 'compostable' seen in product ads, are confusing and potentially misleading. The ASA - which has the job of ...

Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles -- a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional ...

Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in the environment for hundreds of years - Copyright AFP TIMOTHY A. CLARY Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in ...