Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

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An intense wrap in plastic is a handy way to help prevent damages to your luggage. But the technique isn't foolproof.

Hilliard introduces orange Hefty bags for curbside recycling of hard-to-recycle plastics as part of a new city initiative.

Tens of millions of tonnes of plastic enter the Earth's oceans every year. Fishing line, bottles, bags, wrappers. It all spreads through ocean currents to land far from where it was dropped.

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If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Rich Scherr is a seasoned journalist and editor who has traveled across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and spent more than a decade reviewing hotel room.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.

Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to end plastic pollution must strive for “an ambitious, credible and just” deal that responds to the needs of communities everywhere, including some ...