They're often touted as 'eco-friendly', but a new study may have you second guessing buying compostable bags. Sourceful, a Manchester-based sustainable packaging startup, analysed more than 20 ...

European researchers are warning companies and consumers to think twice about using a biodegradable bag over a plastic one. Last week, The Warehouse Group announced it was replacing single-use plastic ...

The Treehugger editorial team is a diverse group of experts—with advanced degrees, professional experience, published books, and more—whose expertise spans every corner of the sustainability space. In ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

The bags will cost 5p and double as a compostable bag for food waste Compostable bags are to replace single-use plastic bags in more than half of Co-op stores, the supermarket has said. It says around ...

When you pick up your dog’s poop, you do everyone a favor, but if you want to do the environment a favor as well you’ll need to use the right poop bag. A regular old plastic bag can pollute oceans, ...

The plastic ban which came into force two years ago gave birth to a local ‘green’ industry, with several manufacturers selling products — primarily bags — that were touted as eco-friendly and ...

It sounds too good to be true — a plastic bag made from corn starch that breaks down with food waste and leaves no remnant plastic to make its way into the oceans. As more states prepare to ban single ...

The bags most Montrealers use to line their compost bins are actually making it more difficult to compost what they contain, according to the director of the landfill that handles most of the city's ...

We were more than a little excited when SunChips announced a plan earlier this year to roll out the world’s first 100% compostable chip bag. A bag that breaks down entirely after 14 weeks in a compost ...