So how did disposable products ever become a ... and his family go for a picnic and they spread out the tablecloth and they’ve got plastic cutlery and plastic cups they're using.

"Plastic is an amazing substance, an amazing invention," Ian Jamie, managing director of Coventry-based manufacturer Staeger Clear Packaging ... benefited from the disposable plastic syringe ...

We live in an age where everything gets thrown away. From disposable cameras to disposable diapers, few products marketed to consumers are made to last. But what many consumers don’t realize is ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage ... people there to stop using disposable plastics as you ...

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Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

I was on my way to see a man who would help me make sense of the whole mess we’ve made with plastic, especially in the ocean. After sheets of clear plastic trash have been washed in the ...

Hong Kong’s environmental authorities have reminded businesses to comply with a ban on single-use plastics as a six-month ...

"We need to see supermarkets making firm commitments to move away from using disposable plastic packaging altogether, starting with going plastic free in their own brands." Businesses should be ...

Plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes containing plastic on the Isle of Man have ... Defa Minister Clare Barber said banning the products was a "clear and obvious way that we can take ...

Disposable income is an often-misunderstood term. It suggests we have "disposable" money that we really don't care about. But the truth is, most of us care about every penny of it, and many of us ...