Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten years ago, the way Britons carried groceries home changed forever with the introduction of the plastic bag charge - then set ...

Conveyors send mixed plastic into a device that will shred and then recycle them at recycling plant in Vernon on Jan. 24, 2014. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) Ever since their invention in 1959, ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Sherri "Sam" Mason, the SUNY Fredonia professor whose research has focused on "microplastics," taught teachers last week about the environmental hazards of plastics. Mason's lecture was part of a ...

Petersburg City Council member Arnold Westbrook Jr. is pushing for a 5-cent tax on plastic bags to fund city beautification efforts. Westbrook believes the tax could reduce plastic bag pollution ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One of Washington’s major recycling efforts – at least in terms of involving the biggest number of people whether they want to or not – is a 2020 law that banned so-called single-use plastic carrying ...

As we have seen this summer, the climate crisis and its extreme weather events are already upon us, causing property damage, jeopardizing our infrastructure and endangering public health. One way to ...

Yet as bag bans spread around the globe, their effectiveness—despite Wakibia’s sunny appraisal of Kenya’s effort—remains an unanswered question. Bag bans have spawned bans of other plastic products, ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided bans on single-use plastics such as straws and bags.

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...