Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greg Pryor of the composting company Recology holds a handful of processed compost at the integrated waste management's compost ...

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Microplastics and their potential environmental and health impacts have been of growing concern in recent years. Compost produced from separately collected biowaste, which is increasingly contaminated ...

In a new study, scientists at the Spanish Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research and the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) argue that compostable plastics, ...

Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst ...

Mad Tea’s 100% compostable tea pods, made from a blend of PHA and other compostable bioplastics, aim to satisfy consumer demand for sustainable packaging, yet experts warn that high production costs, ...

The federal definition of compost has been static for decades. In a welcome development, the US Department of Agriculture is reviewing this definition in order to extend it beyond plant and animal ...

In the global race to reduce plastic pollution, manage packaging waste, and create new jobs in the process, the United States risks falling behind - not because of a lack of innovation, but because of ...

If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

A backyard compostable plastic straw from Danimer Scientific and WinCup has won the 2020 Innovation in Bioplastics Award from the Plastics Industry Association. The straw, made from ...

If only I had a nickel for every time I saw someone post on Instagram or say in a coffee shop, “Don’t worry, it’s a compostable cup!” I’d be about as overflowing as our landfills. These compostable ...

Greg Pryor began composting yard and food waste for San Francisco in 1996, and today he oversees nine industrial-sized composting sites in California and Oregon that turn discarded banana peels, ...