It’s great to see efforts by The Free Press to educate locals on how to properly recycle American-made plastic bags, as shown by the recent guide, “Where to recycle plastic.” As these bags and other ...

While one of the most convenient snacks, potato chip bags have a complicated recycling strategy. Here's how to handle them ...

Welcome to Sustainability with Sarah! I’m the climate change and environmental reporter for The Greenville News, covering issues and solutions across the Upstate. In this weekly column, I will answer ...

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Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used ...