The beads are increasingly viewed as a problem, but a Mardi Gras without beads also seems unfathomable. That is why it was a ...

Mardi Gras makes changes to its famous beads a year after bringing in ban - Beads are back, but not the cheap plastic ones ...

Plastic is pretty awful. Despite being in many reusable containers, or just in disposable containers like water bottles, plastic as a material is one of the worst for the environment. In fact, we're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the primary reasons plastic has become such a relied-upon material in our lives is because of how cheap it is to make, and ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...

Switching to biodegradable plastics could slash toxic pollution by more than a third and dramatically reduce global waste by mid-century but only if cities and companies invest in the right disposal ...

Mardi Gras is amid a sustainable transformation, with biodegradable beads replacing plastic ones due to environmental concerns. The Krewe of Freret has banned plastic beads, opting for biodegradable ...

Old trees are learning new tricks with the advent of composite materials. A "green composite" made from biodegradable polymers and the waste bark of the Yakushima Jisugi tree was developed by a ...

Adding sugar helped to "plasticise" their seaweed material and was the breakthrough they were looking for. A powder ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), working with collaborators, report a new biomaterial ...

It is Carnival season in New Orleans. That means gazillions of green, gold and purple Mardi Gras beads.Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who ...

Vishal Vivek, CEO & Co-founder of Ukhi, turning waste into compostable bioplastics to build a circular economy and end plastic pollution. Plastic’s core problem is not waste; it’s designed to be ...