The bill aims to require large companies selling products in the state to reduce plastic packaging use by 30% over the next 12 years. Republicans argued that the financial burden on companies ...

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Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time—and some of nature's tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out. In recent years, microbiologists have ...

In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away each year. That’s enough plastic to circle the Earth multiple times. While they might seem harmless, these bottles ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law ...

In December 2018, Great Britain's Royal Statistical Society named the core fact in this story—that only about nine percent of all plastic ever made has likely been recycled— its statistic of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – About one year after debuting reusable fabric grocery bags, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic at most of its Columbus stores. In May 2024, the Pennsylvania-based ...

We’ve updated this piece to clarify and add context to a study finding flame-retardant chemicals in some black plastic. February 2025 It’s probably time to ditch your plastic utensils.

About 75 percent of the deaths were in Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific — reflecting growing concern about the amount of plastic proliferating in developing countries. “We think of ...