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 ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million tonnes of plastic enters the environment each year, with more than 10 million tonnes ...

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...

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.

The European Commission has said that biodegradable plastics can be sustainable only if directed to specific applications which prove their environmental benefits. The project aims to seek solutions ...

Kochi: With thousands of people visiting beaches daily during holidays, sands along the 17km coastal belt in Ernakulam are littered with trash, besides the ones washed up ashore. On International ...