Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader ...

Many common kitchen items like clamshells, foil and greasy pizza boxes often can’t go in curbside recycling. Food residue on ...

Ask your dry cleaner to skip the thin plastic wrap and hang your clothes uncovered. Bring a reusable garment bag to protect ...

SC Johnson CEO Fisk Johnson laid out the business case for laws to control plastic waste. "Regulation is inevitable in my view. It's just a question of when." ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about throwaway plastic. Also: President Trump the divider; stealth legislation.

“It’s time to act now,” says Tracey Woodruff, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies reproductive and developmental health and environmental pollutants. “If we don’t,” ...

Everyone has one: a scratched, stained plastic cutting board that’s been in your kitchen for years. Despite how many times you say to yourself, “I should get a new one,” you never do — but now, it’s ...

A new report suggests Washington's 8-cent fee for "reusable" plastic bags isn’t covering the real cost — and the ...

Plastic is an inexpensive, durable storage solution, but it's not meant for everything in the home. Here are 11 items experts say you shouldn't store in plastic.

‌To prevent these food safety issues, Lampe suggests using glass storage containers with tight-fitting lids or wrapping the ...