We're launching our Ban the Boards campaign to get rid of the scourge of cheap 'snappy' boards, which will travel more than 11,000 miles often to be used briefly and discarded #bantheboards ...

Mothers hoped visit would offer answers about the disappeared. Instead, they say, it was a state-orchestrated spectacle ...

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. Credit...Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Rachel Nuwer With ...

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A wildlife photographer says that a Canon RF 200-800mm lens snapped while packed in a bag but riding on a snowmobile ...

Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in the state have not been allowed to give customers plastic or paper bags, either for free or for a nominal fee. Forbidding paper bags was ...

which is required by law The government must give guidance to online shops about plastic bags, the council’s chairwoman says Hong Kong online grocery stores may have broken environmental ...

Plastic pollution from the ocean. Image source: vladimirzuev/Adobe Once the plastic is chemically broken down, it is exposed to air. The trace moisture in the atmosphere triggers a reaction that ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...