A Starbucks representative explained, “In response to various customer concerns about the inconvenience of paper straws, we ...

Wisconsin paper manufacturers say the industry moved away from using PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals' in their production years ago.

Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on ...

The paper converter in Northeast Wisconsin is dedicating his business to producing paper straws, inspired by his daughter and a desire for a greener world.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that in 2018, the recycling rate for plastics was 8.7%, with a 29% recycling rate of plastic water bottles and a 29.3% of milk or detergent ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over single-use plastics.

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over single-use plastics.

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over single-use plastics.

By Joshua AMLANU To stem the growing environmental and economic costs of plastic pollution, there is an urgent need for ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...