Call something biodegradable and figure environmentalists would love it. Think again. As the word biodegradable is being attached to plastics like garbage bags and diapers, it is a source of concern ...

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 ...

At the third Scientific American “Science on the Hill” event, “Solving the Plastic Waste Problem”, one of the issues discussed by experts on Capitol Hill was biodegradability. So you buy something ...

We shop, we throw things out. For the most part, we put it all in bags. So it makes sense to make a greener bag. But making sense of greener bags can make you feel ... well, bagged. As biodegradable ...

In an effort to mitigate consumer confusion and help maintain the integrity of recyclable materials streams, three laws proposed in North Carolina and Alabama would require containers made from ...

Cape Town — South Africans buying products with "biodegradable" plastic packaging are often duped by companies eager to profit from the current trend towards environmentally-conscious consumerism.

Consumers are choosing brands they think are better for the planet, so it’s important they know what they’re getting. Tom Szaky is the CEO and founder of TerraCycle, a company that makes consumer ...