PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U. S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout containers and mandating that shoppers bring reusable bags or pay a small fee as the movement to eliminate single-use...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since California adopted the nation's first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags tin 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thick
The Walt Disney Company announced Thursday it will eliminate single-use plastic straws and stirrers among other single-use plastic items by mid 2019.Disney says it will stop using more than 175 million straws and 13 million stirrers across their businesses
ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and fellow Democrats who control the Legislature reached a deal Friday to make New York the third state with a ban on single-use plastic grocery bags as they worked to finalize budget...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials...
Environmental activists have spent years pressuring corporations and politicians to take action against plastic waste, and they have recently begun racking up victories with voluntary and local government-mandated bans on plastic straws, but that success h
