Kansas City, Missouri-based Biolo, a flexible packaging company, uses PHA to manufacture bags that biodegrade in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Biolo says its polyhydroxyalkanoate-based ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60% ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Biodegradable dog poop bags being left on the side of trials in western Washington are piling up, and officials are asking people to be more mindful of how they dispose of them.

A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process. Packaging Systems of Wisconsin, a Sheboygan-based division ...

The Walton Cantonment Board (WCB) has finalized comprehensive cleanliness and sanitation arrangements for Eid-ul-Azha, including the distribution of 116,000 biodegradable plastic bags for the disposal ...

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

Clockwise from left: Bloomingdale’s bag in 1972. New York shopping bag, 1972. A printed shopping bag in snowstorm,1972. Jackie Onassis arrives home with a shopping bag. Kirk Douglas greets a woman ...

Muzaffarpur engineer Naaz Ozair develops corn husk packaging, scaling plastic alternative with railway support.