CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healing Paper, the operator of the largest plastic surgery information platform in South Korea, 'Gangnam Unni', announced that it launched 'UNNI,' a global ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them. By ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about businesses creating a more sustainable economic system. Feb 05, 2024, 07:38am EST Feb 27, 2024, 10:47am EST Grove ...

Plastic bag bans and fees have spread across the United States, and new research show they're doing a good job at cutting down on litter, although some rules work better than others. In places where ...

Two Washington State University economists recommend the state eliminate its ban on single-use plastic bags, incurring the criticism of government regulators. WSU professors Eric Jessup and Jake ...

Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical. We have a data storage problem. This year, the world’s storage needs will ...

Plastics are inescapable. That soda bottle or disposable razor or even the coating on your mattress may expose you to hundreds of different chemicals, some of which scientists know very little about.

Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on Jan. 31, 2023. In just a couple of weeks, shoppers in Lawrence will be a little more limited in how they’re able to carry their purchases home from ...