Shady Hollow Flea Market in Detroit Lakes is where forgotten treasures and unexpected finds create a shopper’s paradise unlike anywhere else in Minnesota. Nestled in the heart of lakes country, this ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers is suspending fluorinated packaging from its recyclability guidance program, citing changing regulations — including a California truth-in-labeling law targeting ...

Fifty years ago, plastic products did not have a grip on our lives and households as they do today. Ceramic, glass, and clay jars, like the Egyptian water jug qolla, were used for storage, and metals ...

Saabira Chaudhuri's 'Consumed' reveals how corporations promoted disposability, leading to a throwaway culture and plastic waste crisis. Companies exploited sachets to penetrate markets, creating ...

Plastic nanoparticles have been found in the edible parts of vegetables for the first time, raising fresh concerns about plastic pollution affecting the human food chain. Scientists at the University ...

The proposals are part of wider waste-reduction measures expected soon and could impact retailers, consumers, and the packaging industry. / Credit: Goncharov_Artem via Shutterstock The Waste and ...

When cleaning the bathroom, the shower curtain liner sometimes gets overlooked. You'll undoubtedly remember the next time you shower and you're staring at a layer of soap scum and patches of mildew.

FROM DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS TO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND HOPE. A LOCAL CHURCH IS TURNING EVERYDAY TRASH INTO A TANGIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS. JOYCE OGIRRI SHOWS US THE CREATIVE WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ...

The ocean is not evenly risky for wildlife. Plastic can do outsized damage in places that do not look choked with trash at the surface. A new global assessment shows that danger spikes where plastic ...

Three Rivers Waterkeeper looking for plastic pollution in the Ohio River, in Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. Environmental groups and the state Department of Environmental Protection have reached a $2.6 ...

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