People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, ...

That Sip Just Got A Lot More Complicated Research published in January 2024 found that a liter of bottled water contains ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Licensed blind vendors of plastic bottles also would be ...

SAN FRANCISCO— On San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, campaigners from Story of Stuff Project today created a massive sand art message visible from the sky, calling out the damage caused by beverage giant ...

There’s no way to stop our planet’s plastic consumption entirely; that genie is already out of the (plastic) bottle, and it will take government and private sector intervention to make a major ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has begun eliminating all single-use plastics from its campus beverage services as of July 7. Instead of water and soda in plastic bottles in campus cafes and ...

Efforts to curb plastic waste in the United States are accelerating, with a growing number of cities and municipalities enacting bans on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. These localized ...

A ban on the sale of single-use plastic bottles at all city-owned properties is set for an upcoming Honolulu City Council vote. If adopted, Bill 18 would prevent plastic bottles having a capacity of 1 ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Introduced in October by Council member Matt Weyer and ...

BRUSSELS — Soda bottles labeled as “made with recycled plastic” could soon have more virgin plastic than you might think, ...

Small plastic toiletries are seen at a hotel in Lake Placid on July 6. As of Jan. 1, New York is banning toiletries smaller than 12 ounces at hotels with more than 50 rooms. ALBANY — Lovers of ...