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

As consumer concern about plastic pollution grows, a third of adults in the United States say they have reduced their use of plastic products over the past five years. That’s according to the ...

Research suggests that plastic pollution must be reduced by at least 5% every year to make progress towards UN targets by the end of the century. The study, a collaboration between researchers at ...

Plastic use in agriculture must be reduced, according to new research. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231011182153.htm ...

Plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.

From a business perspective, adopting barrier board packaging can result in lower carbon footprints and reduced plastic usage ...

Gently used reusable bags are collected, sanitized, and distributed to food banks, pantries, and directly to residents in ...

In 2021, Californians discarded 5.89 tons of plastic bags per 1,000 people, compared with 4.08 tons of plastic bags per 1,000 people in 2014, according to an analysis by CalPIRG.

This shift highlights the global struggle to manage plastic waste as the U.S. recycles less than 10% of its plastic. The ban ...

ATLANTA, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KORE, the global pure-play Internet of Things ("IoT") hyperscaler, and provider of IoT Connectivity, Solutions and Analytics, announced today its initiative to ...

Want to be a part of the 89 million people who reduced plastic waste by more than 500 million pounds last year during Plastic Free July? Read on. Plastic Free July, founded in 2011, started as a ...

Plastic bags can take thousands of years to decay, and create toxins that can seep into the ground and end up in the water system, experts say. That’s among the reasons why the Elgin City ...