Choosing a biodegradable fork over a traditional plastic utensil seems like an environmental win, but that product still follows the path of a linear economy: raw materials are collected to make ...

A start-up develops new plastics derived from cornstarch. Stick the fork in the ground, it'll turn into compost. Photos: Earth-friendly plastic Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...

File another one under “good intentions gone awry.” At lunch events, campus picnics, and in dining halls, colleges have distributed biodegradable utensils. But the cutlery isn’t, well, cutting the ...

Allen King and Steven Levine are trying to change the food service industry, one Spudware spoon at a time. Excellent Packaging & Supply, a small Richmond company started by King and Levine, is carving ...

DEVILS LAKE--There was a lot of talk about cow feces Thursday in Devils Lake, but the entrepreneurs behind biodegradable products that will be produced in the city didn't waste any time with bull.

Methane spoils everything. Natural gas drilling would be less risky if it didn't have the potential to release clouds of methane into the atmosphere. Methane cow farts make even grass-fed beef a ...

Local coffee shops have been showing an effort to help the environment by using eco-friendly plastic straws, cups and lids. However, not all establishments have caught up with the latest trend.

Some people want to take fossil fuel out of cars. Frederic Scheer is taking it out of picnicware. Scheer, CEO of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Cereplast, says his company has come up with a way to ...