California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence?
SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...
The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie
If only the story had ended there. Despite that legislative success, the poorer nations of the world have never stopped being ...
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Opinion: The President’s Plastic Trigger
President Trump delights in alarming opponents and aiding friends in polluting industries By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue ...
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One of America’s Largest Plastic Polluters Has a Plan to Confront Tariff-Related Costs: More Plastic
Trump's plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum means sustainable packaging could hurt bottom lines. And it ...
Trump is getting rid of paper straws. That’s (partly) a good thing, environmentalists say
Jacobus and Nuñez say reusable straws are the best for the environment and the bottom line, but they’re unrealistic for large institutions like museums, national parks and hospitals. And while Trump’s ...
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Concerned citizen shocked by contents of 'disposable' vape: 'This is a travesty'
According to a Reddit post, vape products marked as disposable are misleading. Concerned citizen shocked by contents of ...
'What would you have us do?': The plastic credits problem
Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst ...
The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.
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Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?
President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal ...
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Boston skating club trained Olympic champions. It has also shared in the sport’s pain
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A rose rests near the names of figure skating coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov on a commemorative ...
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PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Election Candidates
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Election posters at a street in Duesseldorf, Germany, show the top candidates for chancellor, Robert Habeck ...
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How a Catalan beach became a symbol of Europe’s plastic problem
TARRAGONA, Spain — European lawmakers this week started talks on how to solve an insidious facet of the plastic pollution crisis — one that's a brute reality for the Catalan province of Tarragona. The ...