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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Claims "bio bags" are an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic shopping bags are misleading, Clean Up Australia says. The ...

Biodegradable plastic passes the test under real-world conditions Leftover lettuce, old bunches of flowers, potato peelings, coffee grounds: the average kitchen generates lots of organic waste. This ...

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 ...