Japan's campaign to get customers to sack the use of plastic shopping bags by making stores charge for them is working, an Environment Ministry survey showed. During a single week, 72 percent of ...

Submit an observation form to report any violation of the state plastic bag ban you have observed. Plastic bags are a major contaminant in Washington’s recycling facilities, waterways, roadways, and ...

Hotel Association pledged to replace bottles by January 1 but target looks beyond reach for many struggling hotels.

They are turning plastic bags into durable sleeping mats. It all started at Craven Community College's Criminal Justice Department. Brina Van Apeldoorn has been crocheting for six years and took ...

It has now been almost two months since the ban on single-use plastic bags came into effect on 1 October. Shortly after, an acquaintance of mine—let us call her Samira—went shopping at a supermarket ...

Online purchases are delivered with lots of packaging. Here’s what to do with bubble wrap, plastic mailers, packing peanuts ...

Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, ...

With negotiations underway for a global plastics treaty, business leaders and scientists explain how we can stop the plastic ...

A new study reveals polymer-based tea bags release billions of microplastics and nanoplastics into hot tea. These particles can enter human intestines and spread through the body, potentially ...

A group of North Carolina college students are transforming plastic bags into sleeping mats for those without a home.

An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall ...