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 you’re using a garbage bag made of cheap plastics, you might be unknowingly ...

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Using plastic bags is an ecological disaster; it takes about 1,000 years for one to degrade in a landfill (and even then, it leaves behind microplastics that can add toxins to soil or water).

Buffalo River Compost brand Tend will use bags that contain 20 percent PCR supplied by EFS-plastics and made by Salerno Packaging. Photo courtesy of EFS-plastics Inc. Tonawanda, New York-based NOCO’s ...

Greater Shepparton City Council will once again be distributing green compostable bags across the municipality throughout February and March 2026 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Oahu's controversial plastic bag restrictions that allow plastic bags to continue to be used by many retailers also allow them to use compostable bags, even though there is ...