Drinking tea from plastic-containing tea bags could expose you to billions of nano- and microplastics with every sip, putting ...

Some cities are requiring residents to put food waste in plastic bags. We follow the food waste journey to understand why.

Kroger previously committed to phasing out single use plastic bags by 2025. With the deadline approaching, here's where the ...

But paper bags do not tend to be reused ... So which is worse for the environment – plastic or food waste? We enter the plastic paradox. According to anti-waste charity WRAP, increasing the ...

Polymer tea bags release billions of plastic particles during brewing. They interact with intestinal cells, even entering the ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

metallic plastic bag inside. It’s day one of my plastic-free food shopping challenge, and it already feels doomed. Why so negative? Stress. Driving back from the supermarket, I put my loose ...

would be "industrially compostable" - but not plastic free. That means the bags can be put in the food or garden waste bin collected by your local council, but not home compost heaps, which don't ...

Single-use bottles, food containers and wrappers, and plastic bags made up the biggest share. "It was shocking to find out that bags, bottles, food containers and cutlery together with wrappers ...