Several cities and some countries institued bans on plastic shopping bags but abandoned them during the COVID-19 ...

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NEWARK, Del. — When California banned plastic bags in 2016, critics said it wouldn’t make a real difference. Turns out they were wrong. A massive new study tracking nearly half a century of beach ...

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In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in helping ...

Sherri "Sam" Mason, the SUNY Fredonia professor whose research has focused on "microplastics," taught teachers last week about the environmental hazards of plastics. Mason's lecture was part of a ...

In a major step towards sustainability, Earthnest, co-founded by Arun Kar and Chintan Panara, British entrepreneurs of Indian ...

Petersburg City Council member Arnold Westbrook Jr. is pushing for a 5-cent tax on plastic bags to fund city beautification efforts. Westbrook believes the tax could reduce plastic bag pollution ...

In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

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