Advocates, citing the threat to human and environmental health, say the timing is right for legislation to phase out plastic ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering two measures designed to cut down on the use of plastic bags and polystyrene meal ...

Illinois may ban single-use plastic bags and most foam containers, aiming to cut plastic waste and protect health and the ...

The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign is set to take place May 10, and local postal ...

The Elgin City Council has directed staff to draft an ordinance banning the use of single-use bags by all retailers other ...

Don’t throw away those shopping bags after you’ve unpacked the groceries. We’ve got a number of handy ideas for reusing them.

I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

It’s generally safe to reuse plastic freezer and sandwich bags if they haven't stored raw meat, fish, eggs, or allergens.

Many of the chemicals identified in plastic food packaging are not just passive elements; they actively disrupt crucial ...

KLANG: The federal government's initiative to eliminate single-­use plastic bags is timely to rescue Malaysia from severe ...

New York state’s 2020 ban on plastic bags was an effort to address the environmental impacts of plastic waste. Before the ban ...

Scientists are still investigating exactly how plastic additives and microplastics affect our bodies, but they’re worried about what they’ve learned so far.