If Ottawa can’t get the small stuff right, why should Canadians trust the federal government with the big things? This is what comes to mind as Ottawa’s ban on single-use plastic checkout bags settles ...

Disposable plastics are everywhere: Food containers, coffee cups, plastic bags. Some of these plastics, called compostable plastics, can be engineered to biodegrade under controlled conditions.

It’s no longer a secret that single-use plastic is harming the planet. Not only does the process of creating these materials emit enormous amounts of planet-warming gases, but they also can take ...

A new report from Beyond Plastics, an NGO, claims that very little of the bioplastics labeled as compostable can be composted by consumers. “Compostable” bioplastics can only be broken down in ...

In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. The study also found that citizens are ...

Global plastic pollution remains one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. Plastic consumption has quadrupled over the past 30 years. In home compost bins, 60% of home-compostable ...

As single-use plastics fall further out of favor among environmentally-conscious consumers and governments, many companies are turning to newer materials that they say will break down in people’s ...

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...

If you see plastic that claims to be compostable, a new study suggests you should think twice before using it to dump food and garden waste. Researchers have found only 40 per cent of plastic billed ...

The Global Compostable Plastic Market has experienced significant growth, starting from a valuation of $991.2 million in 2019 and is projected to reach $3,102.6 million by 2027. This report offers a ...