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 ...

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 ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

Scientists have developed biodegradable protein beads made from dairy and tofu waste that can capture carbon dioxide from the ...

The apparel industry has a waste problem of epic proportions. Every year, Americans alone chuck 32 billion pounds of textiles in the trash with the same casual ease as they would a banana peel or an ...

Waste experts on The Hard Shoulder have warned that Ireland is seeing more food waste going into general bins than compost.

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There is something quietly circular about the sight of yesterday's lunch becoming tomorrow's stationery. In Japan's Kagawa ...

Every year, at Pwani Oil, we participate in a coastal clean-up along the Indian Ocean shoreline in Kilifi. In just about three kilometres of beach, we routinely collect more than a tonne of ...

Trichy: Even as urban local bodies across the country prepare to implement the new Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, ...