China has released an action plan to achieve a notable increase in its solid waste treatment capacity in the next five years, ...

Bags made from biodegradable materials for collecting organic household waste have been available on the market for several years. Now researchers in a large-scale pilot study have conducted an ...

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

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 ...

7.7 billion plastic bottles are used every year in the UK, according to Water UK The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says waste terms such as 'biodegradable' and 'compostable' seen in product ...

Increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items, such as drinking straws, are driving growing demand for biodegradable plastics, according to new analysis from ...

The State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) on Solid Waste Management has pointed out that the segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste at source is inevitable, as biodegradable waste ...