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.

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

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

Spread the loveIn Des Moines, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa, rescued a dog that had been abandoned in a plastic trash bag ...

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 ...

Plastic bags are now banned at most Annapolis businesses. Customers must bring a reusable bag or pay for paper bags, ...

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

It is evident that plastic pollution is no longer an urban problem alone. Slowly, our villages are dying because of plastic ...

As a result of last week’s record-breaking snowstorm, the Perdido Landfill was closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The ...