The miracle material has made modern life possible. But more than 40 percent of it is used just once, and it’s choking our waterways. Just after dawn in Kalyan, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India ...

Still, the number of plastic bags in circulation has “reduced a lot,” he said. When the ban was announced, state officials said New Yorkers used 23 billion plastic bags each year, 85 percent ...

1 and it’s expected that there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. 2 The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40% over the next decade. These oil giants are ...