Imagine throwing your empty plastic water bottle into a household composting bin that breaks down the plastic and produces biogas to help power your home. Now, researchers have taken an early step ...

Company seeks investment to scale its process for converting biodegradable waste into biosecure feed and fertilizer.

Can we simply magic plastics away? That’s the promise of biodegradable plastics – and they are at least part of the plastic waste solution, says Kevin O’Connor of University College Dublin, Ireland.

How much do you know about where our waste goes? From cigarette butts to banana peels to plastics, test your expertise on recycling and learn some possibly shocking stats. This quiz is in tandem with ...