One member of Stamford's Board of Representatives said she believed the board should instead focus on single-use utensils.

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Bangladesh is to ban plastic bags at all markets. To get to grips with this idea we need the concept of Chesterton's Fence.

California strengthens its plastic bag ban, requiring grocery stores and retailers to offer only recycled paper bags by 2026. Environmental groups praise the decision, while the plastics industry ...

Love it or hate it, almost everyone uses plastic in one way or another. This cheap, durable synthetic polymer is the (almost) perfect material for making water bottles, containers, cutting boards, ...

The government says apart from the BJMA, 20 other organisations are working to increase the supply of alternative bags ...

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The behemoth plastic carry-all has gone viral online for holding everything a parent might need for a beach day or after-school pick-up.

The Punjab government's failure to control the theft and improper disposal of hospital waste, particularly plastic waste, has ...

Plastics are unfortunately so cheap useful that they’ve ended up everywhere. They’re filling our landfills, polluting our ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

The holiday season is hectic without last-minute gift shopping, so shop Wirecutter-approved gifts that are on sale for Amazon ...