Adding sugar helped to "plasticise" their seaweed material and was the breakthrough they were looking for. A powder ...

A new report from Zero Waste France says French municipalities could speed up single-use plastic reduction by making greater ...

We have adopted a disposable lifestyle in which around 50% of plastic is used once and then thrown away. Today, single-use plastics present some of the biggest environmental hazards because plastic ...

Current city policies already restrict the use of some plastic straws and cutlery, and a new state law prohibits the use of plastic bags, but the new single-use material policies would further ...

Kal Glanznig had his urine tested as part of an upcoming documentary exploring plastic pollution in Australia. The results ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has begun eliminating all single-use plastics from its campus beverage services as of July 7. Instead of water and soda in plastic bottles in campus cafes and ...

Single-use plastics like drinking straws don’t dissolve over years. Instead, they gradually crumble into tiny pieces of debris. Imagine marine birds or your local birds mistaking these ...

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Party planners, restaurants and other businesses in Santa Barbara soon will have to comply with a new list of regulations ...

Biopharmaceutical production requires a lot of energy and materials and creates a significant amount of plastic waste. Finding ways to make it more sustainable is vital from both an environmental and ...

Whether it’s paraben-free detergent, refillable deodorant or sustainable toothbrush heads, try these simple swaps for a cleaner home and body ...

Welsh government says it cannot get permission from UK ministers in time to ban the bags this year.