A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale.In Tunis, it's common to see women ...

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“Residents are frequently exposed to violent confrontations and gunfire spilling over from Plastic City into nearby residential areas. Criminals use the surrounding suburbs as escape routes, ...

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Brigham City police are seeking the public's help to identify a woman whose body was found near a construction site in April.

South Sioux City constructed a 4,000-foot stretch of Foundry Road near Siouxland Freedom Park using a cutting-edge asphalt blend made from two million recycled plastic bags.

The top 3 inches of asphalt contained approximately 2 million plastic sacks that had been shredded and mixed in. The Foundry Road project is the first plastic road paved in Nebraska.

Rather than plastic bags going in the garbage or rolling around farm fields, South Sioux City wanted to put them to better use. This new road, near Siouxland Freedom Park, was paved Wednesday morning.

Richmond shoppers will soon be paying extra for plastic bags at grocery stores, convenience stores and drug stores after city council approved a new policy at Monday night's meeting.

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond shoppers may soon pay extra for plastic bags at checkout. The Richmond City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that would impose a 5-cent tax on ...