Coca-Cola plastic packaging jumped 21% since 2019 to 7.95 billion pounds in 2024 raising environmental sustainability ...

Coca-Cola’s plastic consumption is estimated to exceed 9.1 billion pounds annually by 2030 if its current practices persist, according to a recent report from Oceana, a non-profit environmental ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

There’s no way to stop our planet’s plastic consumption entirely; that genie is already out of the (plastic) bottle, and it will take government and private sector intervention to make a major ...

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 ...

Plastic can feel impossible to avoid at the grocery store, from packaging on produce to single-use bags at checkout. Every trip resulted in a mound of plastic on my counter when I got home this year, ...

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 UN treaty could be the beginning of the end for single-use plastic production—but victory over this pollutant isn’t yet in the bag. According to the United Nations, plastic production skyrocketed ...

When Briana Bosch started her Colorado flower farm, Blossom and Branch, the fifth-generation farmer—her family had a dairy and corn farm—mimicked what her family had always done: plastic landscape ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

California’s revised carryout bag law, which took effect January 1, eliminates the exemption that allowed thicker plastic ...