Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

A. Food that is vacuum sealed still needs to be stored in the fridge or freezer, but it can last much longer than food that is not sealed. Vacuum-sealed food lasts one to two weeks in the fridge and ...

Composting has gone mainstream. If you're ready to pile on, we've outlined everything you need to know to start a compost ...

Up until a few years ago, the municipal transfer station in Plympton, Massachusetts, had a problem: The residents of the small town were producing so much trash that it was putting a huge burden on ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

In 2011, we needed a new room in our Beirut office. But instead of pouring concrete, we partnered with environmental engineer Ziad Abi Chaker and his team at Cedar Environmental to do something ...

“It virtually cut waste in half,” Rob Firlotte, Plympton’s highway superintendent, said of the results. In 2022, before the ...

Photo via Walmart Walmart brand tortilla chips have been recalled due to possible metal contamination. Although Walmart sells a variety of Great Value tortilla chips, including Hint of Lime and Chili ...

The temptation to demolish a bag of potato chips by yourself is always an option, but not advisable. The moments of consumption can feel like absolute bliss, but is the tummy ache in the morning ...

She cashed in her chips. Lay’s introduced a new chip flavor chosen from tens of thousands of suggestions in its annual $1 million contest Tuesday. The “Do Us A Flavor” contest win… ...

(Photo by Emre Ozyemisci via Pexels) By Stephen Beech Plastic bag bans really do work with shoreline litter slashed by almost half, according to new research. The introduction of fees or bans for the ...

The regulator in this space is the ACCC. Finally, they have taken one case to court and won. Clorox Australia, the makers of GLAD garbage and kitchen bags, has been ordered to pay $8.25 million in ...