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 ...

Buffalo River Compost brand Tend will use bags that contain 20 percent PCR supplied by EFS-plastics and made by Salerno Packaging. Photo courtesy of EFS-plastics Inc. Tonawanda, New York-based NOCO’s ...

More and more retailers are swapping plastic bags for compostable ones - but is it actually better for the environment? The Warehouse Group last week announced it would stop using plastic bags and ...

TORONTO , Feb. 3 /CNW/ - Today the SunChips(R) brand, Frito Lay Canada's (a division of PepsiCo) popular line of multigrain snacks, is introducing the world's first 100% compostable chip bag. This ...

Veolia announced last week (19 August) that it has set up a scheme to recycle Miracle-Gro plastic compost bags sold at 81 Dobbies Garden centres. Veolia has partnered with Miracle-Gro and Dobbies ...

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

A new generation of manufacturers and scientists is working to tackle the global plastic waste crisis head on Last year Ilana Taub’s startup prevented more than 50 tonnes of apples, bananas, ...

Residents in Carluke can now recycle their compost bags thanks to a new initiative launched in the town. Dobbies set up the scheme to allow local gardeners to dispose of their packaging in a ...