Modern synthetic resins are made from fossil sources, are not biodegradable and can only be burned under strict precautions due to the release of toxic substances. Scientists have now discovered a ...

In a recent study published in Advanced Materials, a team of researchers developed a novel small-diameter biodegradable vascular graft that aids the formation of elastin-containing structures in the ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started collecting biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste the same day, breaking from the schedule it had prepared after waste segregation was introduced ...

After unsuccessful attempts to have the non-biodegradable waste disposed of through recycling, a re-use option project has made Nandere hill community in Luweero District free from littered waste.

For the first time in India, scientists from IIT-Guwahati have developed biodegradable plastic with the help of homegrown technology. In a country where rising pollution levels remain a serious areas ...

The state government has approved the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance 2020, which will empower the authorities to collect 2% cess on consideration received towards ...

CHENNAI: To mark the World Environment Day observed on Tuesday, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has announced that the manufacture, use and storage of non-biodegradable plastic items including ...

Volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, during the World Environment Day on June 5, 2018. The UN urged to take steps against the use of plastic bags, as part of a global challenge to ...