Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental crisis. Millions of plastic or polythene bags are used and discarded each year, contributing to the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans.
Think about your most exciting purchase or gift this year. It was a chic designer bag, wasn’t it? Thanks to beautiful textures—like those on luxurious suede bags—and exciting silhouettes ...
Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...
There are few better wardrobe investments than a handbag. Not only can a quality bag last you for years, but the trends are mostly cyclical, and it’s the easiest way to upgrade your look with an ...
Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...
Bubble wrap was taped to the body and a plastic bag encased the head of a man who was found inside a partially zipped up suitcase in a wardrobe, the Central Criminal Court has heard. State ...
"It's clear that he's putting my cat into the plastic bag and cut her collar, and then just took the plastic bag and go away from the place," Zaini said. The sound of a cat meowing can also be ...
Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...
California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning plastic shopping bags in grocery stores, updating a decade-old ban ...
In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in ...
As with California’s original law, each of the five states whose bag bans still allow thicker plastic bags — Connecticut, ...