SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — Biodegradable dog poop bags being left on the side of trials in western Washington are piling up, and officials are asking people to be more mindful of how they dispose of them.

While single-use bags labeled as compostable are an alternative for plastic bags, they are not to be disposed of in the green bins used to collect compostable waste, including food scraps and yard ...

RIZHAO, SHANDONG, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As we navigate the beginning of 2026, the global ...

Kansas City, Missouri-based Biolo, a flexible packaging company, uses PHA to manufacture bags that biodegrade in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Biolo says its polyhydroxyalkanoate-based ...

They're often marketed as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional plastic bags. But a new study might make you rethink reaching for those biodegradable bags. Experts from Southeast ...

On my desk is a package of supposedly biodegradable plastic bags. A helpful person gave it to me with the hope I would promote degradable plastic bags as a solution for both types of residential food ...

The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of ...

Next week, I'll report from China about that country's climate change challenges. Here in the U.S., a dozen states are considering bills to limit consumers' use of plastic shopping bags. Last year, ...

The Italian government learned the hard way, early this year, that no good deed goes unpunished. Acting under a 2015 European Union directive addressing the global disaster caused by plastic bags, ...

China has approved strict new standards for biodegradable plastic shopping bags, raising the bar for a sector that industry insiders say has been plagued by misleading claims and poor product quality.