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The dismal results of the UK's Big Compost Experiment reveal that most so-called compostable plastics do not break down in backyard compost bins. Composting is a bit like alchemy. You put food scraps ...

Steve Ela is an organic fruit grower in western Colorado who relies on compost to nourish his heirloom tomato crop each year. He plants nitrogen-rich legumes and other perennial cover crops amongst ...

Increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items, such as drinking straws, are driving growing demand for biodegradable plastics, according to new analysis from ...

Bronwyn Laycock currently receives funding from the Australian Research Council (through a Discovery Project), Gold Coast City Council, The Qld Govt, DFAT and the Innovation Connections scheme ...

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 ...