New York puts tons of bagged trash on the curb daily. The city has a plan to contain the mess
For decades, New York residents have flung plastic garbage bags onto the sidewalk for pickup. The city is now requiring some ...
Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons.
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Environmental policies like plastic bag bans at grocery stores can often backfire
The study revealed that the behaviors prompted by the plastic bag regulations persisted even after the rules were no longer ...
Why are whales eating plastic bags? They may 'sound' like dinner.
Deep-diving toothed whales wash up dead with stomachs full of plastic and prey alike. Their built-in sonar likely can’t tell ...
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Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study
Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Plastic Pollution Treaty
- Nina Gomes recovers a discarded plastic bag from ocean waters, near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 19, ...
5 ways scientists are using trash to create things we need
Scientists are using plastic bags to help handle toxic compounds in their chemical reactions. When broken down in a ball mill ...
Plastic bag bans have lingering impacts, even after repeals
Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...
NYC Declares War on 'Rat Buffets', Trash to Go in Lidded Bins
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.
Trash Talk: How New York plans to manage it garbage problem
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 ...