Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Aldi avoids brand names Why is Aldi so cheap? At most supermarkets, you’ll find tons of name-brand items, but at Aldi, a ...

Three key arguments have come up time and time again during city council’s ongoing debate on whether the city should mandate the use of clear garbage bags. Privacy ...

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If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

I remember a friend used a big cotton pillowcase for her trick-or-treat bag that year ... “I, too, remember those thin, brittle plastic masks with the sharp edges around the eye holes, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In a world of plastic consumer ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. Global production of ...

Oceana/Joseph Pellegrino & St. Johns County Office of Public Affairs A baby whale has died after being found on a Florida beach with a "large plastic bag" in its stomach. Last month, an individual ...

Okay, maybe I am cheap, but I hate to waste stuff ... I gotta do something! Should I use plastic ties, plastic clips, string? Those are too easy; anyone would do that. Hey, I have binder rings!

Or we don’t. Last year in the United States, airlines lost or damaged one out of 200 checked bags. It’s a small slice of the millions of bags flown each year, but a lost bag can have oversize ...