When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 ...

More plastic is headed to New York City streets to help it reduce its rat problems. The city recently began requiring bins ...

An emaciated dog discovered abandoned and taped inside a plastic trash bag last December has found a loving home. The dog, ...

Annapolis has enacted a plastic bag ban, encouraging shoppers to bring their own reusable bags or to purchase paper bags at ...

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

Ancient statues have also been found in trash before in other parts of Europe. In 2023, a Roman-era statuette of Venus was ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been ...

He was found taped inside a plastic trash bag and only weighed 23 pounds. No suspects in Wally's case have been identified. Wally's foster family decided to make him a permanent member of the family.

Wally was discovered inside a plastic trash bag that was taped shut, with just his head poking out. He weighed just 23 pounds at the time. Once he was healthy enough, the ARL sent him to continue ...