When a group of high school seniors teamed up with Ramapo College and the Paterson Museum to examine the use of bags — both single-use plastic and reusable — in northern New Jersey in 2018, they ...

Malaysian authorities are taking a strong stance against attempts to import plastic waste to the country illegally by sending 150 containers of it back to 13 countries. The country recently returned ...

Americans' use of plastic boomed during the pandemic, including mountains of single-use items such as takeout containers, plastic bags and, of course, face masks. At the same time, we're recycling ...

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - In early 2018, residents of Boise, Idaho were told by city officials that a breakthrough technology could transform their hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-polluting fuel ...

FORSYTH - When Ron Ingram was leaving for work early Monday morning, he discovered that the plastic garbage container he had wheeled to the curb the previous evening was nowhere in sight. "It was very ...

When you think about takeout, your biggest concerns might be how greasy the food is or whether you remembered to ask for extra napkins. But new research suggests there may be more to consider than ...

ZILLAH - Later this month, Zillah residents will see their old, small tin-can style garbage containers replaced with larger plastic ones with wheels that are easier to move. The change will cost ...

I used plastic food containers for most of my life — they’re affordable and accessible at most of the grocery stores I frequent. But, in recent years I’ve learned more about the potential dangers ...

Big changes are coming to the way New Jerseyans shop — and they have a lot of questions about it. The state's ban on plastic bags, paper bags, foam cartons and more begins May 4 in an effort to cut ...

NEW YORK-- It's a new era for restaurants in New York City. Two new rules take effect this week that will impact your takeout and delivery experience, among other things. Picking up food now comes ...

Fishing gear from just five regions could account for most of the floating plastic debris in the ‘North Pacific garbage patch’, a vast swathe of the North Pacific Ocean that holds tens of thousands of ...