A practical guide from sustainability experts on reducing plastic at the grocery store and going zero waste at home.

Amazon is eliminating the use of the puffy plastic air pillows used in delivery boxes, joining other major companies that are cutting their plastic use. The company said it was shipping 15 billion ...

Our world is awash in plastic. From single-use water bottles and food packaging to synthetic clothes, shoes, and even nail ...

There’s no way to stop our planet’s plastic consumption entirely; that genie is already out of the (plastic) bottle, and it will take government and private sector intervention to make a major ...

When you mention the word sustainability to someone, single-use plastics almost always come up in the conversation. For a few years, single-use plastics like straws and water bottles were a hot-button ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

We’ve all made some vague resolution to decrease our plastic use. We tote around our Stanley, Yeti, Hydroflask, and Owala water bottles to cut down on plastic to help the planet. By doing this, we may ...

While biodegradable plastics currently account for 0.5% of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced annually, a growing demand for the alternative reflects consumer awareness and corporate ...

With 400 million tons of plastic produced annually, landfills are overflowing. Oceans are choking on microplastics. And global plastic production is on pace to triple by 2060. But a new wave of ...

New research for the state of Minnesota regarding the use of recycled plastic in both asphalt and concrete road construction shows promise for that approach. "The increasing demand for sustainable ...