They believe such plastics can be used in medical products, car components, insulation and packaging. The plan is to develop ...

University of Oldenburg's EcoPBS project seeks to develop cost-effective, biodegradable plastics from organic materials, ...

A consultation on the development of policies to achieve the ‘near elimination’ of biodegradable waste disposal in landfills from 2028 has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and ...

Plastic bags of garbage thrown in KMC’s green bin, meant for biodegradable waste, at a collection centre on the Rashbehari connector last week. Residents are to empty out the contents of plastic bags ...

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 ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started collecting biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste the same day, breaking from the schedule it had prepared after waste segregation was introduced ...

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

How many of your personal gadgets or home appliances have you replaced or thrown away in the last few years? While it might not get as much coverage as plastic bags, electronic waste is just as thorny ...