Frito-Lay made a marketing blunder last year when it unveiled biodegradable SunChips bags that were louder than a screeching subway when rustled. The move triggered widespread irritation/heckling ...

Trichy: A week after Coimbatore corporation launched starch-based bio bags which are compostable and free of plastics, Trichy corporation has initiated steps to adopt the concept. This could go a long ...

With the Supreme Court coming down heavily on the use of plastic pouches for ‘gutka’ and a number of States banning plastic carry bag, an eco-friendly bio-plastic bag is trying to replace the ...

The governments decision to delay an exemption for biodegradable carrier bags from the levy to be introduced in England has been criticised by oxo-biodegradable bag makers but welcomed by UK ...

These bags usually compost to nothing within three months, sometimes as fast as 15 days in optimal conditions. Check out https://bonniebio.co.za/breakingdown/ to see ...

These bags might have good intentions, but they are bad for bicycling. (Photos courtesy readers Steve and Ben) “He slammed into one of these, fell to the ground, and tore open a nasty gash in his ...

The Coimbatore City Corporation on Wednesday launched bio bags that are starch-based and are compostable. Coimbatore Corporation officials display bio bags on Wednesday (TOI photo by J Jackson) “There ...

It's estimated one million plastic bags are used every minute around the world. Some take hundreds of years to biodegrade and harm wildlifeCould "bio-bags" save our ...

Preparation for desludging of the Taumarunui (Hikumutu) Wastewater Treatment Plant is well underway with work on a lined pit for holding three large bio-bags to contain the settling pond sludge almost ...