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

BHUBANESWAR: With pandal hopping reaching its peak in the city, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday appealed ...

The DVLA has confirmed a major number plate update with hundreds of thousands of classic designs set to hit the market. Officials at the DVLA have released more than 150,000 new fixed-price ...

For the past couple years, the United Nations has been negotiating a plastics treaty — a binding agreement that could set firm limits on plastic production, establish commitments to reducing ...

This week on the Strategist, we’re covering all things tabletop: the best plates, yes, and also everything that goes around (and underneath) them. Welcome to Tabletop Week. While there’s no ...

A new auction record for number plates was set in South Australia on Monday night. More than $4 million, including $2.3 million for number plate 8, was raised when 28 number plates went under the ...

restaurants and cafes must stop using single-use plastic cutlery, plates and bowls. Green groups welcomed the move, but said it could go further to address packaging being sent to landfill.

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 ...

Banned products include cutlery, plates, straws and ear swabs made of plastics (Photo: Panthermedia/DLeonis) The Slovenian government has banned the sale of most single-use plastic products, according ...