Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If a product is biodegradable, it means that it can break down safely into a natural form such as carbon dioxide or water without ...

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 you’re using a garbage bag made of cheap plastics, you might be unknowingly ...

Bronwyn Laycock currently receives funding from the Australian Research Council (through a Discovery Project), Gold Coast City Council, The Qld Govt, DFAT and the Innovation Connections scheme ...

A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane ...

The difference between biobased and biodegradable plastics is confusing to the average consumer, to say the least. When I read a new report claiming that consumers are demanding “environmentally ...