Now, new research, published Friday in Science Advances, reexamines the U.S.’s role as a plastic consumer and concludes that the country has much more work to do at home to manage its waste.

Daiso, an affordable retail chain known for their Japanese inspired home decor, stationery, snacks, and more, is opening stores in Minnesota. The Woodbury location is having a grand opening ...

Photograph by Andria Lo, National Geographic I live in California now, the first state to ban single-use plastic bags. In the few years since that ban was enacted, I still see plastic thank-you ...

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