Retailers face a growing list of competing priorities when making decisions on their packaging, and sustainability continues to climb up the ranks. Regulatory developments are nudging businesses away ...

Most people are aware of the harm single-use plastic cause to the Earth. It winds up in oceans, take hundreds of years to break down, and end up in landfills. While the harms are obvious, identifying ...

As a species, our plastic consumption is pretty abysmal. We’ve reached record highs of plastic pollution, according to the EPA, contributing to landfills and waterways waste that will take hundreds of ...

Colleges are taking steps to reduce the amount of plastic tossed out, or even recycled, by encouraging students and staff to reuse plastic bottles. At Saint Vincent College, the student environmental ...

A study revealed that 7 grams of microplastics—the weight of a spoon—could be floating in our brains. This alarming fact sparked a personal journey for Local 4's Pamela Osborne to reduce plastic ...

Mayor Craig Greenberg is encouraging people in Louisville to make small changes towards reducing single-use plastic consumption. Greenberg launched the annual "Plastic Free July" initiative on Tuesday ...

Bravo for your editorial (“If Maryland had a dime for every wasted plastic bottle … | STAFF COMMENTARY” Nov. 23). There are between 12,000 and 16,000 chemicals in plastic, serving multiple plastic ...

Nations are meeting at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to discuss climate goals, including reducing plastic production. Plastic pollution is a significant issue, with millions of pounds entering ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous. Though you can’t see them with the naked eye, they’re found almost everywhere — in our food, our cleaning supplies and cosmetics, our water, the air we breathe — and ...

The Coca-Cola Co. will no longer focus on reducing virgin and single-use plastic — and instead pivot its climate goals to focus more heavily on the use of recycled materials. By 2035, the company said ...