Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Jersey’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act is an absolute success. In less than a year from the law’s May 2022 implementation, ...

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Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

SACRAMENTO — California’s environmental-friendly lawmakers were quite proud of themselves when, in 2014, they passed a first-in-the-nation ban on stores from handing out so-called single-use plastic ...

The debate over plastic bags in New York City is on hold — for now. But scrutiny over how to manage what some see as a lingering environmental problem is intensifying. In February, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ...

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 ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

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California companies that produce single-use packaging and plastic single-use food service ware have until Monday to comply ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided bans on single-use plastics such as straws and bags.

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 ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...