All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think.

"It has a role to play." First-of-its-kind facility could transform the future of plastic bags: 'We never said that it is ...

Meet Dr Oscar Joshua Aghan, who uses plastic bags that are still in circulation to make building materials. In Aghan’s world, garbage is gold. He runs Intercontinental Renewable Energy Company ...

Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Thaely, a new footwear company, gets its name from the Hindi word for plastic bags. The company says every pair of Y2K Pro sneakers contains 10 bags and 12 bottles.

Connecticut has eliminated billions of plastic bags from the economy and ecosystem with a ban on single-use bags. But what do ...

The process of turning waste plastic into new bags is an amazing blend of innovation and sustainability. Old plastic materials are collected, cleaned, shredded, and melted down to form fresh raw ...

The bill would place limits on single-use plastics at restaurants and hotels and ban thicker plastic bags at stores and ...

The bill would restrict single-use plastics at restaurants, stores and hotels. It would ban thicker plastic bags and require single-use utensils and condiments be provided only by request.