plastic waste
Biodegradable Plastic Bags Aren’t Better For The Environment
New research warns against choosing plastic marketed as a 'green' choice.
All the Ways Restaurants Ruin the Environment
And how chefs are working to change things, from sourcing locally to clamping down on single-use plastics.
Dead Sperm Whale Had 115 Plastic Cups, 1,000 Plastic Shards in its Stomach
The whale carcass washed up near Wakatobi National Park in Indonesia on Monday.
Salt Sold in Asia Contains the Highest-Levels of Plastic in the World
You could be eating 2,000 bits of microplastics a year, in your salt alone.
'Plastic-Free' Might Be the Ultimate Form of Clean Eating
Is plastic food packaging the next thing millennials are going to kill?
Reusable Straws Made Out of Old Bike Parts Sell Out in 24 Hours
“One particularly hot day as we were churning through iced drinks to stay cool, we decided to turn scrap tubing into titanium drinking straws.”
Plastic Waste Is the Final Straw for Teenage Activist
Your daily guide to what’s working, what’s not, and what you can do about it.
Brits Are Too Embarrassed to Ask for Tap Water in Restaurants
And it’s creating a huge plastic bottle waste problem, warns a new report from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.
Japan's Dangerous Packaging Fetish
The country's obsession with bags and wrappers and disposable items is likely bad for the environment—is there any way to change people's deeply ingrained habits? I spoke with an expert in consumer behavior to find out.
6,000 Plastic Bottles And LEDs Used To Make Glowing Labyrinth In Poland
Spanish art collective, Luzinterruptus, worked with a polish bottling plant to create an urban light installation you can literally get lost in.
Bees Are Building Nests with Our Waste Plastic
It could be a sign they're adapting to our increasingly plastic world.