You probably think about what and how much you throw away – but do you ever stop to think about what you throw it into? If you’re using a garbage bag made of cheap plastics, you might be unknowingly ...

Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

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Unfortunately, new research from the University of Plymouth found that after three years in the dirt or water, so-called “biodegradable” bags were still in relatively good shape. Many were still ...

The average person uses a typical plastic bag for as short a time as 12 minutes before throwing it away, never thinking of where it may end up. Biodegradable plastic bags are marketed as more ...

Richard Thompson, a British marine biologist who devoted his career to studying plastic waste, has long wondered how well biodegradable shopping bags actually degrade. So in 2015, he and his graduate ...