QUICK as a flash, Jennifer Colpitts dives to close the window her children have just opened. It’s a scorching summer day, with the UK experiencing its first heatwave of the year, but the ...

New Jersey's sweeping ban, part of the state's Get Past Plastic Act, has proved greatly effective in the fight against retail ...

Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban, introduced in October 2023, was designed to address environmental concerns by eliminating ...

"There's a very good reduction in plastic bags in the UAE and we can judge it very well," Dr. Wernery said. "We do not find a ...

To change the world “one road at a time” is what University of Texas at Arlington engineering professor Sahadat Hossain and ...

In 2016, California voters voted to uphold a ban on thin single-use plastic bags, which were what most stores offered. However, since this ban was passed, stores began passing out thicker plastic b… ...

Fairfax County implemented its Plastic Bag Tax Ordinance just three years ago, on Jan. 1, 2022. It taxes plastic bags provided at grocery, convenience and drug stores.

A St. Louis native is taking action—because recycling matters. Did you know plastic bags can’t go in your curbside recycling bin? These bags jam machinery at recycling facilities, contaminate other ...

USING cloth bags for shopping is observed more and more. It is an eco-friendly way to reduce plastic waste. Millennials and Gen Z are leading this shift due to growing environmental awareness ...

Plastics policy debates have moved way beyond bag bans and fees — these days the topic du jour in state legislatures is broad-based packaging EPR laws — but how to handle retail bags still ...

Lifestyle Cleaning Genius plastic bag hack will keep flies out of your home during heatwave With more than the mercury rising as the UK basked in a scorching heatwave, homes across the country ...

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose plastic grocery bags.