If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

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Do our “compostable” bags, utensils and containers really return to nature? Hailed as a solution to the plastic problem, a growing number of new materials — marketed as biodegradable, sustainable, ...

Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a similar path, Marketplace has found. As various levels of government ban many ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — For The Daily, sustainability can be as simple as the cup customers drink from. Nestled on King Street, in a small plaza that includes Charleston Union Station and Hed Hi ...

If only I had a nickel for every time I saw someone post on Instagram or say in a coffee shop, “Don’t worry, it’s a compostable cup!” I’d be about as overflowing as our landfills. These compostable ...

Honolulu is the fourth and last county in the state scheduled to begin a ban on certain kinds of plastic bags on July 1 But environmental interests, including the Surfrider Foundation and Beach ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Last year, Longmont picked up about 2,460 tons of compostable material in its curbside collection program. A Page A1 story in the Sunday, May 16, Times-Call had an incorrect figure.