Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...

FILE - A runner grabs a bottle of water at the athlete's village prior to the start of the Boston Marathon, in 2012. We live in a world where microplastics are everywhere — and that’s not hyperbole.

Plastic is ubiquitous. It’s in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest. Every year, the world ...

In July, President Joe Biden announced a wide-ranging commitment to phasing out single-use plastic products in the federal government, pledging to move away from single-use plastic products across all ...

The law that bans single-use plastics in Costa Rica comes into force on April 20th. This measure, approved in 2021, seeks to eliminate materials such as straws, plates, and cups that are quickly ...

Bottled water drinkers ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles each year, study finds - New review finds people who drink ...

A perennial debate in the Connecticut legislature is back with lawmakers once again considering legislation that would ban the use of disposable plastic straws, utensils, cups and other takeout ...

Breckenridge plans to implement the final two stages of its materials management initiative to rid the town of single-use plastics on July 1. After July single-use plastic water bottles, containers ...

BACOLOD CITY – Sagay City in Negros Occidental on Thursday officially enforced a total ban on single-use plastics, as part of ...

The final phase of the ban on single-use plastic products will come into effect on January 1, 2026 in Dubai. It will restrict ...