Recycling isn’t working – here are 15 ways to shrink your plastic footprint
Only 9% of plastics get recycled, and significant reductions will require systemic change – but there are easy tips for individuals to cut back
Every human should be alarmed by the plastic crisis in our oceans
“WITHOUT CHANGE,” warns a bipartisan group of senators, “there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the oceans by 2050.” Some of the signs of...
Unilever pledges to halve its use of new plastic by 2025
Consumer goods giant Unilever vowed to halve the amount of new plastic it uses over the next five years, by shifting to more recyclable and...
The Ocean Cleanup successfully catches plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Consumer goods giant Unilever vowed to halve the amount of new plastic it uses over the next five years, by shifting to more recyclable and...
The sticky problem of plastic wrap
It may save your sandwich, but plastic wrap pollutes the planet. Is there a better solution?
Beverage Companies Embrace Recycling, Until It Costs Them
They have pledged to help fix U.S. recycling, but for decades the companies have fought against “bottle bills,” which result in more bottles and cans...
This house was built using 600,000 recycled plastic bottles
This week, the team from JD Composites unveiled its first home in Meteghan River on Nova Scotia's southwest shore. It has walls made with 15-centimetre...
Maine, Vermont governors sign plastic bag bans on same day
Following passage of the nation's first two statewide bans on polystyrene foam containers — in Maine and Maryland — 2019 may well become an inflection point for plastics policy.