New plastic-reduction regulations in the City of Goleta have gone into effect Thursday, June 1. The ordinance, passed Sept. 6, 2022, is meant to reduce the amount of plastic pollution in the area by ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Only about 5% of plastic is recycled, and much of the plastic waste we generate ends up in our waterways and oceans Since moving to England a few months ago, I’ve noticed the use of more stringent ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

Cleaning products maker Defunkify did its part to reduce plastic waste in 2021, removing more than 41,000 pounds of that material from oceans and waterways. (Defunkify is a great name. It sounds like ...

185 investors with US$10 trillion in combined assets, coordinated by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO), have joined forces to call for more corporate action to ...

Kraft Heinz Co., home to some of the most well-known names in food products, wants to dramatically cut its use of virgin plastic in packaging. The company, headquartered in both Pittsburgh and Chicago ...

The Ministry of Environment yesterday announced new plastic reduction targets of 5 percent by 2030 and 10 percent by 2035 from last year, with plastic wrapping for e-commerce and retail products to be ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Right now the world is pumping out a staggering 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year, and much of it winds up as litter that pollutes our oceans and waterways. But ...

Although there's no doubt that marine plastic waste pollution is a major environmental problem, there may be at least a small sliver of hope. According to a new study, plastic trash on Australian ...