Colorado's single-use bag fee is here to stay. State legislators voted down an effort to repeal a recent law that requires ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Shoppers in Colorado will now have to continue to use their reusable bags or pay the ten-cent fee for paper. Representative Ryan Gonzalez helped sponsor a bill to get rid of a fee. A price he says is ...

In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

Instead of throwing away those plastic bags from the grocery store, discover how to turn them into both decorative and useful ...

President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order to end the push for paper straws, long a target of his criticism.

President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs against multiple countries drew pricing and supply chain concerns from the Plastics Industry Association, American Forest & Paper Association and others.

A MAP has revealed all the councils planning monthly bin collections despite hiking taxes by £109. New data from the ...

Do you cross the street to put your soda can in the recycling bin or avidly pluck plastics and paper from your neighbor’s trash cans? The current state of recycling in the United States may ...

Scientists and industry are finding unusual new uses for brewers' spent grain – the beer industry's largest waste product.

Your two-year-old is crying. Her forehead is hot and you fear she’s running a fever. You rush to get a thermometer. You grab one, but in your haste, you drop it. It breaks, ...