A new legislative proposal would ban the sale of non-biodegradable balloons in Connecticut within the next five years. Wildlife advocates question whether the legislation goes far enough to protect ...

The fashion industry, often associated with glamour and luxury, has played a significant role in the global crisis of clothing and textile non-biodegradable waste contributing heavily to environmental ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started collecting biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste the same day, breaking from the schedule it had prepared after waste segregation was introduced ...

One of the perils of rapid industrialisation and urbanisation is the increased generation of non-biodegradable waste. Although the problem was not surmountable even when the global economy was in the ...

'Air quality in metropolitan cities is the result of a complex interaction between natural and anthropogenic environmental conditions.' Air Pollution is one of the major health hazards that we are ...

After unsuccessful attempts to have the non-biodegradable waste disposed of through recycling, a re-use option project has made Nandere hill community in Luweero District free from littered waste.

In a recent study published in Advanced Materials, a team of researchers developed a novel small-diameter biodegradable vascular graft that aids the formation of elastin-containing structures in the ...

A shop staff member introduces new biodegradable plastic products to an English teacher working in Haikou, Hainan province. [Photo by Ma Zhiping/China Daily] A ban on the use, sale and production of ...

Teabags could be as big a cause of plastic pollution as microbeads or carrier bags, according to a gardener. Mike Armitage wants makers to stop using polypropylene to seal the bags, which they argue ...