About 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of cutlery - mostly plastic - are used annually, but just 10% are recycled upon disposal. Scotland has already announced a ban from June ...

To make biodegradable water-based coatings, chemists turn to a handful of polymer types, including polylactic acid, ...

The government has announced plans to ban single-use plastic cutlery, plates and polystyrene cups in England as part of what it calls a "war on plastic". Ministers said the move would help to ...

In October last year, single-use plastic plates, cutlery and a number of other disposable plastic items went the same way, getting rid of billions of items of single-use plastics at one stroke.

The removable training rim helps guide food onto your child’s cutlery so it stays in the bowl rather than spilling all over the table. The removable clear plastic bowl sits inside the main plate ...

The EU in 2021 banned single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws and cotton swabs. Companies were allowed to continue selling off their stocks. In March, the EU sealed a deal to ban single-use ...

Cutlery is biodegradable too Source ... As this is a new product not yet produced on the scale of plastic tableware, the wheat bran plates are more expensive than their plastic counterpart.

Both food and jewelry are deeply sensual experiences that are about indulging pleasure,” says Danish jeweler Orit Elhanati.

The Punjab government's failure to control the theft and improper disposal of hospital waste, particularly plastic waste, has ...

If any decision taken by the government without consulting stakeholders puts the plastic industry at risk, then the traders will have no choice but to take to the streets, said businessmen today (14 ...

The Department of the Environment (DOE), which falls under the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Climate Change, is currently making a concerted effort to tackle plastic pollution by enforcing ...

Eateries at New Plymouth’s Seaside Markets are helping to keep Ngāmotu Beach cleaner and tidier and saving rubbish going to ...