"Our goal is to keep evolving." Outdoor brand Prana is rolling out 'innovative' seaweed-based compostable packaging that can ...

Rather than throwing plastic bags in the trash, repurpose them with this super sustainable hack. With a few simple tools, you ...

“I think it is a good idea to put your shoes in something like a plastic bag from the grocery store or one of those reusable ...

Bozeman’s proposed plastic bag and styrofoam ban had legal challenges on its way to the ballot. Proponents can expect new ...

Oceana/Joseph Pellegrino & St. Johns County Office of Public Affairs A baby whale has died after being found on a Florida beach with a "large plastic bag" in its stomach. Last month, an individual ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

In the future, Maryland consumers in Montgomery County could forget about plastic bags at the grocery store. Those will be banned — with some exceptions — if a new bill passes the council this ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Until early September this year, Mahfuza Begum's Surzu Handicrafts was making eco-friendly, lightweight and reusable net shopping bags out of jute and cotton for a handful of buyers. And it was ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - Montgomery County leaders are considering a bill that would ban plastic carryout bags and place a 10-cent fee on paper bags. Bill 2424, also known as the "Bring Your Own ...

Bubble wrap was taped to the body and a plastic bag encased the head of a man who was found inside a partially zipped up suitcase in a wardrobe, the Central Criminal Court has heard. State ...