Sustainability can mean many different things, depending on what you’re focusing on. When you dive in deep, the terms can get confusing, and many that seem interchangeable are actually very different.

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The good news: Compostable packaging does actually turn to compost just like your food scraps do, which is way gentler on the ...

Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a new class of polymers as part of the work carried out within the ...

As fast fashion and production of goods ramps up around the world, textiles are an increasingly large portion of the waste that accumulates in landfills and spills out into other areas such as oceans.

The dismal results of the UK's Big Compost Experiment reveal that most so-called compostable plastics do not break down in backyard compost bins. Composting is a bit like alchemy. You put food scraps ...

They tangle around bird beaks, choke seals and warp the shells of young turtles. Plastic six-pack rings have been found doing all sorts of awful things when they’re tossed anywhere but the trash. A ...

Julio Gomez stands near a new waste bin holding his kitchen pails in Grant Hill on Jan. 18, 2023. / Photo by Ariana Drehsler Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day.

Whether plastic, plant based or compostable, most dog waste bags will still end up in landfill Whether plastic, plant based or compostable, most dog waste bags will still end up in ...

Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in the environment for hundreds of years - Copyright AFP TIMOTHY A. CLARY Synthetic petrochemical plastics can persist in ...