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 ...
Rats feast on New York’s City's bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end the smorgasbord?
When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they spill litter into the street, providing smorgasbords for rats. In the ...
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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 ...
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, ...
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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5 Ways to Store Plastic Grocery Bags for Easy Reuse
Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put to the ...
AP PHOTOS: Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
Its use has exploded in the last half century, and global production is projected to reach 736 million tons by 2040, up 70% ...
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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 ...