Money raised by such a tax could also be used to pay for other changes, like building out waste management infrastructure or ...

Exxon Mobil Corp, which is facing a California lawsuit over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, will expand ...

The intention behind clear garbage bags is, essentially, to force people to recycle and use organic waste pickup to divert waste from the city’s landfill sites to help extend their lifespans.

Many stores no longer provide or use plastic bags as a way to make shopping more sustainable, causing many of us to stock up on our reusable bag stash. However, what often starts as one or two bags ...

A new study reveals the danger of this ubiquitous kitchen tool and a deeper problem with our plastic recycling system ...

Recycling takeout containers properly requires know-how. Here's what an expert told us about disposing of pizza boxes, Chinese containers, aluminum tins and other popular food vessels.

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

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail ... In its strategy for promoting plastic recycling announced in 2019 ...

Ten years ago, California became the first state to ban thin plastic grocery bags, which aren't easy to recycle and have become an environmental burden. A loophole in this decade-old law allowed ...