Agricultural plastic tools may have dire consequences. The Associated Press reported on a growing body of work indicating that microplastics' toxic chemicals are seeping into soil. Farming soil ...

Greg Lutz still remembers his first crawfish season. Working toward his doctorate and living in a trailer outside Lafayette, he split time between research at LSU and working a 64-acre crawfish ...

said Mike Clay, a crawfish farmer. When the drought depleted the crawfish crop, Clay have to give up for the season because there was no point in even trying. Clay has been farming for 40 years. He ...

"Cleanfarms brings deep knowledge of the agricultural waste landscape and a national supply chain that can support our evaluation of HCT on real-world farm plastic materials. Together, we're building ...

State Sen. Laura Fine, a Democrat from Glenview who’s sponsoring the foam container bill, said there are alternatives to polystyrene and plastic bags and that the measures are necessary “to ...

Young’s will be using plastic eggs instead of hard-boiled eggs for its 42nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt in response to egg shortages and rising prices. Each plastic egg will contain a ticket for a ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use plastic bags and ban the use of most polystyrene containers in the state over the next ...

What follows are general rules and guidelines on which takeout containers can and can't be recycled and how best to recycle them. Plastic clamshell containers: Clear plastic takeout containers ...

Shipping containers are stacked high at the Port of ... Tom Barr, a third-generation mold maker in Michigan, makes plastic injection molding equipment for the auto industry, among others.