In honor of Earth Day 2021 which takes place on April 22, we’re posting a short series devoted to issues of business and the environment. A typical trip to the store ends with multiple plastic ...

From the 1960s on, the company had pursued an aggressive policy on polyethylene packaging patents and by 1977 was producing its own bags. Plastic grocery bags were introduced in America in 1979 ...

That, in short, explains the rapid growth of plastic food packaging, projected to become ... bottles and caps, grocery bags and other plastic bags (for food and other uses), lids, cups, and ...

A 5p charge for plastic bags in large stores was introduced in ... investigated was public opinion towards excessive plastic packaging. Similar to the attitudes towards plastic bottles, her ...

but some argue that paper bags are not as good at conserving cooked food. In 2012, Cameroon banned the use of non-biodegradable plastic packaging on the grounds they clog waterways, spoil the ...

It would ban thicker plastic ... packaging only on request. The same would apply to single-use shampoos and other personal products at hotels. Legislators banned single-use plastic bags at stores ...