In a UK-wide study, researchers have 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 ...

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the ...

Most compostable plastics labelled as suitable for home composting don’t break down properly in garden bins, leaving scraps of residual plastic polluting garden soils and even entering the food chain.

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 ...

What is the environmental benefit of biodegradable plastic if infrastructure to process these materials doesn’t exist in the first place?

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Most “compostable” plastic won’t break down easily in a backyard compost bin. And the process can take so long at an industrial composting facility that many facilities that take food waste refuse the ...

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HMRC tells Packaging Gateway that compostable plastics are not automatically exempt from the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax.

Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution to the plastic pollution problem bedeviling the world, but today's "compostable" plastic bags, utensils and cup lids don't break down during ...

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 ...