A bill intended to cut plastic waste would allow eateries to give out single-use cutlery and condiments only if customers ...

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items ...

Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on Jan. 31, 2023. The City of Lawrence’s new ordinance banning single-use plastic bags takes effect Friday. As a reminder, the ordinance prohibits ...

Thicker bags have proliferated in the wake of the statewide ban on thin plastic bags took effect in 2021. Now, some cities ...

A cart of groceries in plastic bags is pictured Thursday, June 30, 2022, at a Lawrence grocery store. After expressing support earlier this year for moving forward with a ban on single-use plastic ...

The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic pollution and carbon emissions, ...