These seven everyday items seem like safe bets for the blue bin. They're not, and tossing them in only bogs down the system.

A Hawaii town is aiming to tackle plastic waste with a new program called Ho‘i, offering washable, reusable to-go containers.

Bamboo cutlery, plant-fiber plates, bin liners, and many more household products, all labeled home-compostable, are getting easier to find in stores and online. In December, the Biodegradable Products ...

Researchers and advocates warn compostable dinnerware can contain toxic chemicals and may harm soil, health and nearby ...

Regulations implementing California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54), which became effective as of ...

Disposable dinnerware labeled “compostable” may not be as environmentally friendly as consumers think, according to ...

Retail giants Kmart, Coles, Woolworths and Aldi have been slammed over a common move that’s swamping Aussie homes, with even ...

What Are Compostic Home Compostable Resealable Bags? For a sustainable food storage option, take a look at Compostic Compostable Bags. These bags are 100% compostable, breaking down fully within 12 to ...

Steve Marshall, Alabama’s attorney general, has joined the state to a lawsuit that looks to prevent California from implementing a law it says will curtail use of single-use plastics. “California ...

A gardener's hard-earned composting lesson is striking a chord online after "compostable" restaurant paper turned into a pile of plastic shreds. The warning came from the gardener's Reddit post in the ...

Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world's plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home ...

Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world’s plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home ...