California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. The study also found that citizens are ...

It was hailed as a wonderful thing: During the oil boom in the 1950s, chemists began to render the waste coming out of refineries into plastic — plastic packaging, plastic furniture, plastic fibers ...

If you've ever been turning over your compost heap and found months-old "compostable" plastic items that were still mostly intact – well, you're not alone. New research states that 60% of such ...

The new law also includes future requirements for paper bags. By 2028, paper bags offered at checkout must be made from at ...

In a new study, scientists at the Spanish Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research and the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) argue that compostable plastics, ...

Seemingly every corner of our world is now littered with plastics, and only a tiny percentage of it is ever recycled. To mitigate this, many companies are offering items labeled as “compostable” or ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60% ...

Some plastic alternatives need to be put in industrial compost facilities or require acres of land for production. Sway's seaweed plastic needs neither. This startup turns food waste into bioplastic ...

California's 2026 plastic bag ban ends all plastic checkout bags. Learn what’s changing and how it affects your shopping ...