UK was close behind, exporting 675,000 tonnes, with much of the waste sent to Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia ...

As communities continue to celebrate Earth Day, a growing number of consumers are looking for simple ways to cut down on ...

Black plastic containers: These are another popular choice for restaurants and while they are often made from recycled ...

Single-use plastic has always been a concern of Caitlin Broadbent, a sustainability technician at King’s College London. Each month, researchers in the institute’s Drosophila fly facilities discard ...

Every hour, 2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away in the United States. While many of us justify drinking from plastic bottles or buying our food in plastic containers by telling ourselves it's ...

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Most of the “recyclable” plastic we all use ends up in the landfill. Its a logistics and economics problem. There needs to be a better way to handle this massive waste stream. A company called CRDC ...

The move comes as more and more consumers are looking to reduce the amount of plastic waste they produce.

It's just wrong to have shopping carts full of plastic. We can and must do a better job of ending our addiction to plastic.