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Turning leaves into plates and bowls has a long tradition in India. A ban on single-use plastic bags is making handmade ...

Jamaica will implement a nationwide ban on plastic food containers, a progressive move toward environmental sustainability ...

About 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of cutlery - mostly plastic - are used annually, but just 10% are recycled upon disposal. Scotland has already announced a ban from June ...

Dr Brandon says we need to know the "plastic score" of the animals that are ending up on our dinner plates. "These microplastics are small enough to be eaten by plankton and by coral polyps and by ...

Meanwhile, environmental activists, who had marveled at the taxation on plastic dishes ... time and there were bumps in the road. “Many plates got broken, the children argued all the time ...

The plates are Lifepack's latest effort to reduce plastic waste worldwide. The 12-year-old company also makes sandwich containers and coffee cup sleeves that contain seeds from edible plants like ...

The company designed the plates to reduce plastic waste. They are stitched together with fibres from palm leaves and can disintegrate within 28 days in compost. You can buy them online for around ...

Have you ever opened up the dishwasher after running a cycle only to see that while your plates are dry and your glasses are ...