A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

If you are a tea drinker, keep those used tea bags and empty tea boxes out of the trash by turning them into pretty and ...

Before collaborating with Sway, Prana had already eliminated plastic polybags in favor of recycled pulp-based paper bags. But ...

After a student made threats with a loaded gun earlier in the week, the district is requiring all students make changes to ...

Recycling takeout containers properly requires know-how. Here's what an expert told us about disposing of pizza boxes, Chinese containers, aluminum tins and other popular food vessels.

In the absence of comprehensive federal regulation of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws. Thus far, 13 (thirteen) ...

A new study reveals the danger of this ubiquitous kitchen tool and a deeper problem with our plastic recycling system ...

We evaluated a few of the most popular advent calendars available right now. Here are our favorite options for the holidays ...

Study finds over half of plastic food packaging is replaceable, urging policy and industry shifts toward sustainable grocery ...

Three key arguments have come up time and time again during city council’s ongoing debate on whether the city should mandate the use of clear garbage bags. Privacy ...

Tens of millions of tonnes of plastic enter the Earth's oceans every year. Fishing line, bottles, bags, wrappers. It all spreads through ocean currents to land far from where it was dropped.

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