Recycling is getting a major upgrade in St. Peters after 25 years of using plastic blue bags that weren’t recyclable.

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Miami Dade Commissioners are set to vote on a resolution to eliminate single-use plastics and styrofoam at county-owned ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...