Plastic bags of garbage thrown in KMC’s green bin, meant for biodegradable waste, at a collection centre on the Rashbehari connector last week. Residents are to empty out the contents of plastic bags ...

New research suggests some biodegradable electronic materials persist in soil for years, breaking down into microplastics ...

A consultation on the development of policies to achieve the ‘near elimination’ of biodegradable waste disposal in landfills from 2028 has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food and ...

Plastics have revolutionized manufacturing, but they’re still terrible for the environment. Manufacturing plastics is an energy-intensive slog that ends in mountains of toxic industrial waste and ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started collecting biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste the same day, breaking from the schedule it had prepared after waste segregation was introduced ...

How many of your personal gadgets or home appliances have you replaced or thrown away in the last few years? While it might not get as much coverage as plastic bags, electronic waste is just as thorny ...

Biodegradable thermal packaging is revolutionizing the standards for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals ...

When we think about “waste” — it automatically strikes us as something useless — to be thrown away or ignored. With environmental pollution and climate change looming large, citizens are becoming more ...

The initiative marks a significant step toward the Naval Base’s target of achieving zero waste on ground and advancing ...