Whether it's a cardboard box, paper or plastic ... products that small and large businesses need every day, and it rakes in an estimated $6.1 billion in sales per year, according to Forbes. Just ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

The supermarket chain Morrisons is raising the price of its reusable plastic bags from 10p to 15p as a trial and introducing a 20p paper version. The paper bags will be available in eight stores ...

But have some gone too far with their claims? Clipper, the UK's sixth biggest tea brand, declares its bags "plastic free". But when you look at the small print it says the company uses a bio ...

There’s also a removable plastic pouch ... and hair care products. The Sea to Summit has enough room for half a dozen travel-size sundries. Photo: Sarah Kobos This toiletry bag is also tougher ...

Plastic carrier bags account for much less than 10 percent of the total. Japan is the world’s second-largest consumer of single-use plastic products on a per capita basis. Greater efforts are ...

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 ...

Tarun Anumol, from Agilent Technologies, said plastic bags are commonly made from the ... then “you should absolutely use compostable products, if at all possible”, because it will leave ...

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 ...

They want to legitimize an accounting method that allows companies to exaggerate how much recycled plastic is in their ...

This approach requires plastic waste to be clean, and yields lower quality products with a strong odour and unattractive colours. On the other hand, chemical recycling — which converts plastic ...