These buzzwords are increasingly appearing on utensils, to-go cups and food containers and other kinds of disposable packaging. While you might think the dizzying array of products could be a simple ...

Most people know by now that the disposable plastic used for take-out food is an environmental hazard. Containers, cups, utensils, straws — very little of it gets recycled and very much of it ends up ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Two words: No plastics. Winter curbside compost collection resumes in Ann Arbor on Monday, Jan. 8, and the city has new rules for residents to learn before placing compostable ...

A new year's resolution: Reconsider the environmental virtues of silverware. As of Jan. 1, 2022, Chittenden Solid Waste District will no longer accept plant-based, compostable utensils, cups and ...

At the urging of the plastics industry, the USDA is considering allowing materials such as bioplastic cups, coffee pods and compostable plastic bags into the organic compost waste stream. Farmers and ...

The dismal results of the UK's Big Compost Experiment reveal that most so-called compostable plastics do not break down in backyard compost bins. Composting is a bit like alchemy. You put food scraps ...