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From trash to treasure: Abilene Recovery Council makes mats from plastic bags
Plastic bags are often used on a trip to the grocery store or some fast-food establishments, and most of the time, they end ...
The Hill on MSN14d
Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study
Although bans on the free distribution of plastic bags may encourage some customers to increase their use of reusable bags, ...
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Environmental policies like plastic bag bans at grocery stores can often backfire
The study revealed that the behaviors prompted by the plastic bag regulations persisted even after the rules were no longer ...
Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons.
Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customers purchasing more plastic bags, study finds
Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...
Plastic food packaging has become composters’ greatest challenge
Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Plastic Pollution Treaty
- Nina Gomes recovers a discarded plastic bag from ocean waters, near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 19, ...
Joplin Globe5d
New York City is now requiring some residents place their trash into garbage bins for pickup
New York City is now requiring some residents place their trash into garbage bins for pickup. Earlier this month, people ...
Los Angeles Times5d
New York puts tons of bagged trash on the curb daily. The city has a plan to contain the mess
For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with garbage straight onto the sidewalk. Now many are having to adjust to putting their ...