Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

They're often marketed as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional plastic bags. But a new study might make you rethink reaching for those biodegradable bags. Experts from ...

“But those turned out to be unnecessary worries, as demand for my products is on the rise.” Jilin approved the country’s first ban on the production and sale of single-use, non-biodegradable plastic ...

In the mid-1980s, another bio-based plastic appeared on grocery store shelves: bags made from polyethylene and cornstarch that were said to be biodegradable. “People thought they would disappear ...

Biodegradable garbage bags are designed ... Many common trash bags are made with plastic-based materials, which have a low ...

Kevin Kumala has created a bag from cassava starch that is 100% biodegradable and even edible ... The manufacturer of the bags is currently accepting big orders from restaurants and hotels ...

Biodegradable plastics have been around ... Take your own reusable ones to the store. A trillion plastic shopping bags are used worldwide every year, and 100 billion in the United States alone ...

Ottawa, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The biodegradable paper and plastic packaging market size to record USD 17 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow beyond USD 40.75 billion by 2034 ...

Japan's campaign to get customers to sack the use of plastic shopping bags by making stores charge for them is working, an Environment Ministry survey showed. During a single week, 72 percent of ...