A September 2024 study found that of the 14,000 known food contact chemicals present in food packaging, 3,601 -- or ...

Plastic bags pollute our environment and break down into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said Jenn Engstrom of the California Public Interest Research Group ...

Seven years after Kenya outlawed single-use plastic bags, the banned carriers are quietly creeping back into markets and shops across the country.

One holidaymaker found a slightly different method that proved to be just as useful as the more popular packing options.

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...

Two Washington State University economists recommend the state drop its ban on single-use plastic bags. Thicker reusable plastic bags actually increase plastic waste in the environment, they found.

FROM DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS TO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND HOPE. A LOCAL CHURCH IS TURNING EVERYDAY TRASH INTO A TANGIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS. JOYCE OGIRRI SHOWS US THE CREATIVE WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ...

172 million plastic bags kept out of the environment in a year Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced a major milestone, recording a 95% reduction in plastic bag consumption ...

TEFLAR Plastic Bag- This bag doesn’t just serve — it delivers. To everyone: takeout, make out, cookout. Waterproof and 80 proof. Saying everything without saying anything. All with a smile. Thanking ...