At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. In the United States, one of the best-selling dog waste bags on Amazon is compostable. So far, so green.

Plastic bags and packaging being labelled as ‘compostable’ can’t actually go in your home compost bin, a minister has admitted. It follows the Big Compost Experiment which found that 60% of items ...

Wondering whether you can you put compostable plastic on your compost heap? Here are the labels to look out for Olivia covers sustainability at Which? writing about companies who greenwash, all things ...

Rubbish bags are something most of us use regularly, they're a part of every day life in households across New Zealand. More people than ever are aware of the benefits of separating waste into ...

The damage caused to the global environment by dumping of non-biodegradable polythene bags has posed a global threat to the environment as polythene does not perish even after 500 years, according to ...

Boots is switching its plastic pharmacy bags to compostable alternatives made using potato starch, after customers began returning plastic bags and voicing their anger on social media this summer. The ...

Greg Pryor of the composting company Recology holds a handful of processed compost at the integrated waste management's compost site in the San Joaquin Valley town of Vernalis in June. He tries to get ...