Mfuleni residents are shocked after the body of a child was discovered stuffed in a plastic bag along Nqubelani Street near Eziflethini area on Thursday 27 October. According to the residents, the ...

Some commercial tea bags contain microplastics, but you can find nontoxic alternatives. (Getty Images) ...

Example from Chile: Baseline: 2.5 billion plastic bags were sold in retail throughout the country in 2017, equivalent to 18,375 metric tonnes. Target: 100% elimination of plastic bags sold in retail ...

Now, new research, published Friday in Science Advances, reexamines the U.S.’s role as a plastic consumer and concludes that the country has much more work to do at home to manage its waste.

Sollman said she expects SB 551 to reemerge with one key provision: Starting July 2026, it would bar grocery stores from providing thicker plastic bags that are considered reusable to customers at ...

Research on how long plastic stays in the environment is extensive. A plastic bag could stay in the environment for around 20 years, and a Styrofoam cup could last up to 400 years. Microplastics ...

What to know about her. Article 17, which Town Meeting approved, bans Fairhaven businesses from distributing plastic checkout bags, defining acceptable bags as "sewn" and "capable of carrying 22 ...

Her sculpture was not on full display. Instead, it had been stuffed into a Ziplock bag and was placed in a plastic clamshell food container on top of a table. "Seeing that it was just completely ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law ...

The cost of a plastic bag will increase in S-Group stores, the cooperative company announced in a press release on Monday morning. The price of a plastic bag will rise to 35 cents in Prisma ...

The Sindh government has decided to enforce a comprehensive ban on the production, sale, and use of plastic bags throughout the province, including Karachi. According to a notification issued by ...

New Jersey's single-use plastic bag ban, enacted in May 2022, is considered the strongest nationwide. The ban has eliminated over 24 billion plastic bags and 480 million paper bags from the waste ...