Cutting plastic also required planning out my meals — so I wouldn’t be tempted to grab fast food out and about. Plus, I had to haul a heavy tote bag of containers everywhere. Sometimes, the ...

Under former President Joe Biden, the Department of Interior in 2022 ordered a phase-out by 2032 of all single-use plastic products ‒ such as plastic straws, food and beverage containers and ...

Paper is in, plastic is out, Amazon says The shift to paper filler began in October, when Amazon began to test the eco-friendly alternative at a fulfillment center in Ohio, the company said. A ...

Trump’s crusade against paper straws is nothing new. His 2020 presidential campaign branded them as “liberal” and sold nearly half a million dollars worth of Trump-branded plastic straws.

The culture wars over plastic straws came roaring back Friday, as President Donald Trump vowed to sign an executive order next week ending a Biden-era effort to phase them out by 2027. Paper ...

The costs of paper vs. plastic Part of Trump’s executive order was aimed at reducing the price of paper straws, which can cost between five to 12 cents per unit.

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

Ask Well Do I Really Need to Throw Out My Black Plastic Spatula? A new study detected dangerous chemicals in a variety of household items. But experts say the health risks aren’t clear-cut.

Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones. A 2011 study by Britain’s Environment Agency, for example, concluded that you’d have to reuse a paper bag three times to ...