European researchers are warning companies and consumers to think twice about using a biodegradable bag over a plastic one. Last week, The Warehouse Group announced it was replacing single-use plastic ...

They're often touted as 'eco-friendly', but a new study may have you second guessing buying compostable bags. Sourceful, a Manchester-based sustainable packaging startup, analysed more than 20 ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

The Treehugger editorial team is a diverse group of experts—with advanced degrees, professional experience, published books, and more—whose expertise spans every corner of the sustainability space. In ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. With grocery prices what they are, having to toss spoiled ...

The bags will cost 5p and double as a compostable bag for food waste Compostable bags are to replace single-use plastic bags in more than half of Co-op stores, the supermarket has said. It says around ...

It sounds too good to be true — a plastic bag made from corn starch that breaks down with food waste and leaves no remnant plastic to make its way into the oceans. As more states prepare to ban single ...

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

When you pick up your dog’s poop, you do everyone a favor, but if you want to do the environment a favor as well you’ll need to use the right poop bag. A regular old plastic bag can pollute oceans, ...

The bags most Montrealers use to line their compost bins are actually making it more difficult to compost what they contain, according to the director of the landfill that handles most of the city's ...