The cress plants that did not grow under the plastic bottle need another one or two days before they can be harvested. The bottle acts as a miniature greenhouse for the germinating plants, providing ...

providing a more sustainable solution to greenhouse cooling and better human health. "Most commercial mulch is plastic and extremely wasteful. It results in about 1.5 million tons of waste ...

Avoiding a decrease in crop yield typically requires increased energy inputs – more water, more cooling ... is used for polytunnels, plastic sheets for rigid greenhouses, and netting.

Need another reason to ditch straws? A study published yesterday (August 1) in PLOS ONE reports that plastics—ranging from construction materials to plastic bags—release the greenhouse gases methane ...