Single-use ketchup, sugar and sauce sachets will disappear from Spanish bars and restaurants from August under new EU plastic ...

T-shirts, mugs, and decorative items celebrating the Centennial State provide affordable mementos of Rocky Mountain ...

Lorain County’s plastic bag recycling contest kept nearly 300 pounds out of landfills and rewarded schools with recycled ...

Mecklenburg County now accepts plastic bags and wraps at recycling centers, responding to residents' requests for more ...

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One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." Every week, millions of ...

Kerala plans to set up an innovative industrial park focused on plastic recycling to improve waste management and promote sustainability. State Industries Minister P. Rajeeve said Brahmapuram near ...

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

You might recall grabbing your morning paper from one of those blue boxes. You still can — only the paper will be in your normal mailbox these days.

Heading into the grocery store, without remembering to bring your reusable bags, you may be forced to pay the 5 cent per bag tax for that forgetfulness. As you rack up your bag use tally, you may be ...