Cups, bags, wipes, and wrappers slip into your day without much thought, used once and forgotten. But the pile doesn’t vanish ...

In May, New Jersey became the first state to ban single-use bags made from plastic or paper in large grocery stores. The new ban lumps both types of totes together, but one is actually worse for the ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

You have microplastics in you. Did you know? Between checkout at a grocery store to the refrigerator of your home, single-use plastic bags are utilized for only minutes before being discarded. Once ...

I am responding to the news article in the April 26 issue of the Mountain Xpress titled “Singled Out: Asheville Considers Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags.” One way to get rid of all the plastic bags ...

Nylon cooking bags and plastic-lined cardboard cups are conveniences many people rely on, but a new study suggests that they are an underappreciated source of nanoparticles. They report that the ...

In the U.S., 380 billion plastic bags and wraps are used every year. Bans on single-use plastic bags-- one of the most pervasive sources of pollution -- are taking effect in cities and states across ...

Etched into a 1913 newspaper, the scene of a family picnic advertised a revolutionary canteen: a vacuum sealed product that would keep hot things hot and cold things cold. “The first cost is the last ...

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics. The catalytic process, developed at the ...

Has this ever happened to you? You get to the checkout at the grocery store, and you realize you left your collection of reusable bags in the car. Even the most teetotal zero-waster has probably been ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After an I-Team investigation exposed some of the failures of plastic bag recycling, one group of entrepreneurs says a new effort to recycle plastic bags could be a solution to the ...