According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an ...

The global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical juncture, where reducing usage alone is insufficient to address the mounting environmental challenges. While biodegradable plastics have long ...

A week ago, Yerba Madre, the organic drink brand formerly known as Guayaki, presented with a sly flourish a pair of Dirt shoes that resembled little more than cracked, molded pieces of muck ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Biodegradable nitrile gloves matched or outperformed standard nitrile gloves in a range of durability tests.

Waste management is no longer an issue at the frills. It is at the very centre of urgent issues confronting J&K for the past ...

“Biodegradable” has become one of the most reassuring words in modern packaging. It appears on coffee cups, shopping bags and food containers, implying a promise: this product is better for the ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.