In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...
Montgomery Co. joins Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties in adopting a bill imposing a county-wide ban on ...
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 ...
When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.
The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...
Some commercially available tea bags contain high levels of microplastics. Here's what researchers say you should know, and options for brewing a safer cup of tea.
The Montgomery County Council unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a proposed near-complete ban on the use of plastic ...
The council is made up of New Jersey business, environmental, academic and agency stakeholders. It was put in charge of monitoring the effectiveness of the strict plastic bag ban which began in ...