Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use ...

An initiative that asks surgery patients to bring their own reusable bags for belongings and a reusable water bottle decreased surgical carbon footprints, waste, and cost.

Yes! According to Ziploc, its plastic bags are made with materials strong enough to be reused several times. Ziploc brand ...

MANDAUE City officials are urging government employees and residents to cut down on the use of disposable plastic bottles by ...

Drink clean while you travel. Staying hydrated is a basic human need. Navigating this while traveling becomes trickier. We are perpetually inundated with single-use plastic options. The plethora of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

Coca-Cola is reducing its plastic recycling targets from previous commitments, which advocacy groups say is an abandonment of its reuse goals. The beverage giant’s announcement comes just as talks for ...

At Sprouts, Ralphs, and Pavilions, checkout lines moved without the usage of familiar bagging of thick plastic “reusable” bags — the kind the state now says were rarely reused at all. Some shoppers ...

Plastic pollution is a problem, and scientists have been searching for biodegradable options for years. But this novel material might just be the solution.