The study revealed that the behaviors prompted by the plastic bag regulations persisted even after the rules were no longer ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons.

For decades, New York residents have flung plastic garbage bags onto the sidewalk for pickup. The city is now requiring some ...

Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put to the ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...

For decades, New York City sidewalks have been notorious for their heaps of trash in plastic bags, a feeding ground for the city's relentless rat population.

New York generates 20 million kgs of trash daily, making it a huge problem. Now, after almost half a century, the administration has come up with a solution to manage it — bins with lids ...

Stainless-steel trash cans are the easiest to clean; they don’t absorb bad odors and are the most costly material. Plastic ...

Its use has exploded in the last half century, and global production is projected to reach 736 million tons by 2040, up 70% ...