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As tons of plastic items continue to take up space in landfills, and the floating Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow, environmentally-conscious consumers are understandably becoming more ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Once thrown out, biodegradable products — everything from trash bags and diaper liners to pens — ...

A future in which a discarded cell phone dissolves into a landfill, rather than living on for thousands of years as garbage, may not be that far off. Melissa Block talks with John A. Rogers, a 2009 ...