New Jersey is taking aim at plastic again, and this time it’s utensils on the menu. Legislation that would ban single-use ...

Healthcare single-use plastics - a waste stream that remains unchecked, as the industry is largely exempt from regulations ...

We have adopted a disposable lifestyle in which around 50% of plastic is used once and then thrown away. Today, single-use plastics present some of the biggest environmental hazards because plastic ...

In “Goodbye, Hemispheres magazine and little bottles of shampoo” (Sept. 8), the Tribune Editorial Board raises the question, “We’re not sure what the little bottles did to merit this specific legal ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Starting Jan. 1, 2026, plastic bags at California retail stores will no longer be available. All plastic ...

Items: Single-use plastic water bottles up to a 1 liter, containers over 1 liter are considered multi-use and not part of the reduction for this order. Timeline: Immediate phase-out has begun. Unless ...

South Australia has the highest recycling rate in the country and the state has been slowly introducing bans of ...

Sophia Garcia’s favorite thing about Cal football games is talking trash — literally. The UC Berkeley sophomore works on the Cal Zero Waste staff, which launched an effort to swap out single-use cups ...

Our world is awash in plastic. From single-use water bottles and food packaging to synthetic clothes, shoes, and even nail ...

The Vail Town Council on Tuesday is scheduled to listen to a presentation and provide feedback on a potential ban of single-use plastics in town. Town staff, according to a memo issued Friday, is ...

Certain single-use plastics may soon be banned in the City of Santa Barbara. Items include small plastic water bottles, mylar ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...