Cloth bag vending machines will be set up at the 7th Century Arunachaleswara temple and the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruvannamalai to control the use of single-use plastic bags.

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...

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 ...

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Reporter Kim Winter reports on what kind of efforts the Germans are making to solve the plastic treatment problem. [Reporter] ...

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

At the Bates Trashion Show, one person’s trash is not just another’s treasure, but perhaps even another’s trend.

The Minister revealed that the Department of Environmental Protection’s squads carried out the operation against plastic bags making, usage and sale. Around 56 food points were inspected and action ...