Commentary: We have to wean ourselves off single-use plastics quickly, and banning them is the most effective way of ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided single-use plastic bans (e.g., bans on plastic straw ...

A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic bags because the law is doing more harm than good isn’t sitting well with the ...

CalRecycle proposed a new set of draft regulations to implement SB 54, the 2022 law designed to reduce the amount of California’s single-use plastic waste. The rules include broad exemptions for a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Last Straw is a local business seeking to impact single-use plastic pollution. Credit: ...

Bangladesh has a growing network of PET bottle recycling factories, but single-use plastics continue to be discarded and overlooked, clogging waterways and polluting rivers and the sea. Now, a factory ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution.