A bill intended to cut plastic waste would allow eateries to give out single-use cutlery and condiments only if customers ...

Plastic can feel impossible to avoid at the grocery store, from packaging on produce to single-use bags at checkout. Every trip resulted in a mound of plastic on my counter when I got home this year, ...

Moving towards a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle is something that's important to me, as I know it is for a lot of people. One way I've been trying to achieve this goal is by cutting way back ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has been taken by truck or barge to the privately-run ...

When you think about plastic waste, your mind probably jumps to shopping bags or straws. But there’s another culprit hiding in plain sight: those clear plastic sleeves that wrap around every multipack ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

Irish households were snowed under by packaging this Christmas. Here are some tips for reducing the burden in 2026 ...