Truth be told, plastic plates and silverware (labeled with #6 underneath as their resin identification code) are recyclable, and many curbside recycling programs accept them along with other types ...

The measures will ban sales of single-use plastic cups, plates and glasses unless they are made of bio-sourced materials that can be composted in a domestic composting unit. Bates argues that ...

As England announced over the weekend that it would ban several single-use plastic items, including cutlery and plates, environmental advocates greeted the measure with more of a tepid clap than ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Single-use items such as plastic cutlery, plates, and trays are to be banned in ...

Trump seems to understand, from these comments, that plastic is bad for the environment and that there are bigger fish to fry than banning straws to soften the human impact on it.