"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With increasing concern over the health effects of microplastics, maybe you've made some easy swaps, like ...

Americans make 294 million tons of trash every year. About half of that goes straight to landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the most common material sent to landfills is food ...

When you think about takeout, your biggest concerns might be how greasy the food is or whether you remembered to ask for extra napkins. But new research suggests there may be more to consider than ...

For McDonald's, 'paper or plastic?' has always been a devil's bargain ...

Opting for glass food storage containers is one simple way to reduce your reliance on plastic. And better yet, the pick may also benefit your health (not to mention amplify your fridge shelfie goals ...

Single use items made up about three per cent of the total waste stream in 2024, up from 2.1 per cent the year before, likely ...

You can still get fries with that — but maybe not a fork or ketchup packet. Two New Jersey towns — Garwood and Red Bank — have adopted ordinances that prohibit restaurants from offering single-use ...

communications manager of Plastic Pollution Coalition and author of Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis It’s not all grim: There are so many actions that we can take to ...

The poster had cut holes in the sides of an old coffee container and filled it with birdseed. Other creative bird-lovers have used forklift chains, dollhouses, and even toilet paper rolls to provide ...

Tiruchi Corporation manages non-recyclable plastics by sending them to cement factories as alternative fuel, reducing ...

DENR-Davao, along with over 2,000 volunteers, collected 4.6 tons of garbage, with food wrappers and cigarette butts as the ...