Disposable products are everywhere in modern homes. Paper towels, wipes, plastic wrap, and cleaning pads promise convenience, but they quietly drain household budgets. Many families do not realize ...

What would a month without buying any new single-use plastic products look like? It’s a tall order for many Americans, who go through about five pounds of plastic a week, according to Oxford ...

It was while working in a hospital that Olivia Simpson really noticed the blizzard of single-use plastics that surrounded her, all used once and then thrown away. Either to be incinerated, damaging ...

You walk into the communal bathroom in your first-year dorm. Right from the start, you hear music blasting on a speaker, echoing off the walls. You see another student dumping a ramen cup all over the ...

SUNY's Elimination of Single-Use Plastics and Preference for Durable and Reusable Alternatives Policy, issued in March 2024, directs all campuses to eliminate purchases of plastic products designed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Most people are aware of the harm single-use plastic ...

Sophia Garcia’s favorite thing about Cal football games is talking trash — literally. The UC Berkeley sophomore works on the Cal Zero Waste staff, which launched an effort to swap out single-use cups ...

The White House’s goal would phase out single-use plastics used in food service for federal buyers by 2027. The Biden administration set a new goal to phase out federal procurement of certain ...

Giant Eagle has reinstated plastic bags at its Erie County stores after removing them in 2022. Giant Eagle uses bags made of 75% recycled material and offers in-store recycling. Plastic bags are back ...

Single-use printer cartridges have been popular despite their harmful environmental impact; however, some jurisdictions may soon ban them for good.