The move could be introduced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove as early as this week.

Collins Dictionary has announced its choice for 2018 Word of the Year — single-use.

Environmental activists are returning their Walkers potato chip bags through the mail as part of a campaign to push the snack giant to make its packaging plastic-free.

Are biodegradable, compostable and bio-plastics really a better environmental solution? Richard McKinlay, Head of Circular Economy at Axion, offers his opinion.

Scoby, is a membrane made of bacteria and yeast, which is created through a fermentation process.

A team of students at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, have developed a new bioplastic packaging called Plasticor, which gives alert by changing color on spoilage of packed food.

London-based architectural & design firm creates “urban curtain” that converts CO2 in bioplastics and fights climate change.

The first fruit and biogenic packaging to be grown into a 3D printed mould.

Dutch artist Suzanne Jongmans creates photographs that echo the old masters, but with a modern twist.

STU team in Bratislava develops second-generation bio-based bioplastic made of renewable raw materials which is biodegradable too.