Unfortunately, new research from the University of Plymouth found that after three years in the dirt or water, so-called “biodegradable” bags were still in relatively good shape. Many were still ...

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The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of ...

Japan has developed a new kind of shopping bag that looks ordinary but behaves very differently from plastic. These bags are ...

A bag is a bag is a bag, right? Wrong. That's the way Jeri Barrett sees things. The owner of Herbal Solutions on Silver Bluff Road has been sending her customers home with their purchases in BioBags, ...

A video posted by TikToker Waste-Ed (@getwasteed) with almost 700 comments showed that most plastic bags marketed as being biodegradable are really just a sack of lies. In the video, a filthy, ...

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.

Starting Friday, the city of Plattsburgh will require that yard waste be disposed of in paper or biodegradable bags. WAMC North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley followed a Department of Public Works ...

Picking up your dog’s poop is not just a good idea, in many places, it’s the law. Owners can be fined for not scooping up their pet’s “gifts” and disposing of them properly. While it may seem like ...

Question: I was glad to read about the city’s upcoming pilot project that will collect food waste in the green carts for ...