Back in 1996, one of California's oldest waste collection companies, Recology, began collecting food scraps from San Francisco's central market to compost. Now, the company's green composting bins are ...

You’re going for a hike this weekend and you need a portable, healthy snack. As you do your normal grocery run, you grab a delicious banana from the rack. To pay for the banana, you scan a produce ...

If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

The enzyme-enhanced plastic film had the same strength and flexibility as a standard plastic grocery bag. UC Berkeley photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering Some single-use plastics have been replaced ...

An Australian development means there will be one less thing to feel guilty about when you indulge in biscuits or chocolate — you will be able to put the packaging in the compost. Bioplastic, made ...

Right now your compost bin might be full of vegetable peelings and old teabags but in the future it could be full of plastic waste too. This is after researchers discovered a new type of compostable ...

It has been a challenge in the realm of WU’s climate change blogger. Sick computer, and on Tuesday I was giving a talk at the Climate Program Office when the great D.C. Earthquake came. It was a ...

From composting food waste to thrifting clothes, Gen Z is taking simple yet impactful steps to protect the environment and inspire change Gen Z is proving to be one of the most eco-conscious ...

It’s tempting to think of purchasing plastic cups labeled as compostable or using plastic cutlery made of biodegradable materials as a better choice for the environment—but there are a lot of ...

The travel and leisure industry has been a foremost financial victim of COVID-19 and related restrictions. While revenue in the hotel and lodging sector has slackened, it has not caused some hoteliers ...

PLA, or corn plastic, is made with Midwestern corn, not Middle East oil. Its production releases fewer toxic substances than making petroleum plastic and uses less energy, spewing an estimated ...