Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home to unload. But the truth is, each decision we make inside the store ...

People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, ...

While it’s safe to reuse plastic bags, you’ll want to clean them between uses for sanitary purposes and to reduce any ...

Amazon is eliminating the use of the puffy plastic air pillows used in delivery boxes, joining other major companies that are cutting their plastic use. The company said it was shipping 15 billion ...

The Biden administration announced a plan to target plastic pollution, dedicating particular focus to "phase out" single-use plastics – such as kitchen cutlery, cups and straws – across federal ...

Plastic is an inexpensive, durable storage solution, but it's not meant for everything in the home. Here are 10 items experts ...

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...

Dubai is rolling out another phase of its single use plastic ban as of Thursday January 1 - and it's going to have a big ...

WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: (CHINA OUT) A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a plastics recycling mill which is ceasing production as the global financial crisis starts to bite in China's recycling ...