A Chinese company that exports straws and food packaging materials spent 30 million yuan (US$4.16 million) last year to ...

Lawmakers are considering whether to allow the composting of human remains that would break down into a soil-like product that could be spread in plant beds or elsewhere in nature.

The raw materials present in the studied substrate mix were sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) bagasse (45%), coast-cross (Cynodon dactylon L. Pers.) straw (45%) and wheat bran (10%), supplemented ...