It wasn’t intended to indicate plastics’ recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them. This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.

America is recyclinghowever, not enough, and not always properly. While we can hope that the future of recycling improves, the reality is that the amount of plastic that actually gets recycled right ...

The city claims the companies knowingly deceive consumers into believing that plastic bags are recyclable, when, in fact, they are not.

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time ...

Editor’s note: This story is provided by Aspen Journalism, a nonprofit, investigative news organization. For more,visit aspenjournalism.org. As a shy and bearded young architecture student at the ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker says the companies are 'violating public trust and contributing to waste' by implying their plastic ...

The City of Philadelphia has filed suit against Bimbo Bakeries and S.C. Johnson, alleging the companies misled consumers by ...

Despite plastic being one of the most difficult materials to recycle, companies continue to put recycling symbols on items that will never end up anywhere but the landfill. If we’re going to truly ...

The city alleges that Bimbo Bakeries and S.C. Johnson & Son have misled consumers by “deceptively” advertising that their ...

The city has filed a civil lawsuit against Bimbo's Bakery, which owns the popular baked-good brands Thomas', Arnold, and Sara ...