By the end of the week, I was left with a horrifying pile of yogurt cups, coffee lids, plastic wrappers and takeout containers — far more than I expected. I even had enough trash to cover my ...

Giant Eagle has reinstated plastic bags at its Erie County stores after removing them in 2022. Giant Eagle uses bags made of 75% recycled material and offers in-store recycling. Plastic bags are ...

PLAINWELL, Mich. — A local school district is working to reduce the amount of plastic bags that go into the environment. Plainwell Community Schools is collecting plastic bags from now until the ...

Today, the Council and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – into the ...

Let's just agree: We all have that one kitchen cupboard that is overflowing with plastic containers. Some are self-consciously bought, some are gifted, and some are used from takeout food. From ...

People in the UK have been paying extra for plastic bags in supermarkets for a decade now – but a loophole in the law means billions of bags are still being used. The plastic bag levy first came into ...

Researchers discover why plastic sheds dangerous fragments The unique construction that makes plastic so useful also makes it prone to forming hazardous micro- and nanoscopic shards Date: April 7 ...

Three teenagers in New York designed a cardboard, called Kiriboard, to replace plastic packaging. They got the idea when a box of motors for their robotics hobby arrived damaged. Their invention ...

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(India is not in favour of legally binding limits or caps on the production of plastic polymers.) The plastics problem is fast getting out of hand because it is hard to rein in an industry that is ...

The world currently produces roughly 400 million metric tons of plastic annually, expected to triple in the next 15 years under the current trajectory. The international community has already met ...