Next week, I'll report from China about that country's climate change challenges. Here in the U.S., a dozen states are considering bills to limit consumers' use of plastic shopping bags. Last year, ...

As England gets set to start paying for plastic bags, researchers are making inroads into developing alternative biodegradable materials that could potentially replace fossil fuel derived polyethylene ...

Earthnest is a Business Reporter client. EARTHNEST has the answer to the plastic bags problem. We are polluting our planet with five trillion plastic shopping bags a year. Plastic waste seems to be ...

DUBAI, 14 May 2011 (WAM) The UAE has finalized the systems and processes in making plastic bags in the country biodegradable over the next two years. All providers and suppliers of Oxo-Biodegradable ...

Ask Foxconn Technology Group: China's bioplastics industry may well be looking at the best opportunity in its history. While bioplastics face headwinds in the marketplace as oil prices plunge, ...

Reducing waste is hard. Who really knows what packaging is safe to recycle or compost when labeling standards are weak, companies regularly get away with green fraud, and seemingly every city has a ...

A Nepali company has tried to address the growing problem of plastic pollution in Nepal by manufacturing biodegradable plastic products. The Nepal government has tried and failed several times to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link You might want to think twice about buying "biodegradable" plastic bags if you're environmentally-minded. A new study from the University of ...

In response to a grassroots legislative movement to phase out non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags, manufacturers are developing bags that will break down from prolonged exposure to oxygen or water ...

The UAE has finalized the systems and processes in making plastic bags in the country biodegradable over the next two years. DUBAI, UAE (14 May 2011) - The UAE has finalized the systems and processes ...