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Corte Madera has taken steps to further restrict the sale of single-use plastic products. The Town Council voted 4-1 on Dec.

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Shopping for the friend who treats a plastic straw like a weapon of mass destruction is stressful, mostly because they ...

For now, California is offering guidance, not mandates, on what stores should do with plastic bags already in storage.

The European Union is planning checks on imported plastics and other steps to support its recycling industry, the Financial ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...

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Fast food items found to have very high levels of certain plastics included Burger King's Whopper with cheese.