If you order takeout in Los Angeles and your meal comes with a compostable fork made from PLA—a common bio-based plastic—you’re not supposed to toss the utensil in your curbside compost bin. The city ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —It’s not a strange sight to see anymore– plastic bags everywhere. From ditches to fences, bags blow ...

Plastic pollution is a severe problem around the globe as it continues to harm our environment and daily lives. But what are our city and state doing to help fix this global issue? Globally, the world ...

Plastic pollution is a growing problem that's impacting ecosystems globally. The presence of so much plastic has also caused microplastics — plastic particles no more than one-fifth of an inch large — ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet's most pressing environmental ...

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at ...

As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

THE BAN THE BAG RALLY at city hall on Wednesday, July 14, went down exactly how you would expect. There were impassioned environmentalist talking points. There was a drum circle. But a surprise came ...

Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...