It is politically difficult to use cassava in the production of plastic bags instead of as nourishment in the midst of a global food crisis.
Plastic pollution is largely preventable. Use less by trying not to use disposable, single-use plastic utensils, bottles, and containers. Eliminate or reduce the use of plastics in packing materials. Bring your own reusable bag (but be sure to clean them periodically).
When you suffer a genocide as a people or a nation it can empower you to achieve extraordinary things. It gives you a rare, not to say unique, opportunity to start again.
NEW DELHI (AP) — The government of India's capital is hoping that a strict ban on plastic bags will help the environment. An engineer...
From Networx's Sayward Rebhal: You know the bags I mean – The Brand Which Will Not Be Named, and all of it’s many knock-offs. These days they c...
One city and county at a time, millions of Californians have taken a stand to help stop plastic bags from polluting our beaches, clogging our creeks, killing marine life and burdening tax payers and local governments.
Not only is it unfair to ask financially strapped parents to provide such items, it downright stomps all over our environment.
Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I started shopping at my ...
A 12-year-old Illinois animal lover's Change.org petition took her all the way to the governor's office Tuesday. Abby Goldberg, of Grayslake, Ill.,...
What do mushrooms, tires and soda bottles have in common? They are all being used, recycled or even upcycled through innovative programs that prevent waste from entering the environment.
About 80 percent of the pollution that ends up in our oceans is plastic, including sandwich bags that choke sea turtles and monofilament fishing line that ensnares sea lions and seals. All the plastic talk culminates next Thursday, at an all-day conference at Rio+20 called Plasticity.
The L.A. ban effectively puts an infinite price on plastic bags. Disposable plastic bags have real costs. Ask any seagull. But infinity seems like a high price to pay.
Why do we need an idol who is both authentic and humble? Here are 20 quick reasons as to why could we use a little humility and authenticity -- a little Phillip Phillips -- in our personal, public and political lives.
This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: When you’re out shopping, and you haven’t brought your own bag ...
Who is this guy, and why is he wearing a plastic bag on his head in a city council meeting? Let's just say that Tinseltown has become Cellophanecit...
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council has moved toward banning plastic bags at grocery stores in the nation's second-largest city. The council ...
Most people squirrel away more plastic bags than they will ever use. A better approach than stuffing them under the sink is to choose a receptacle for...
Senior Reuters Opinion Editor Chadwick Matlin attended the monthly meeting of the Park Slope Food Coop Tuesday night. At 7:26PM, he tweeted, "I wasn't...
HONOLULU (AP) — A proposal to collect fees from customers who choose disposable paper and plastic shopping bags is gaining support as it works its w...
With inspired entrepreneurs and political leaders like these, especially at the state level, the "United States of India" will create massive opportunity to tackle sustainability challenges and create new economic opportunity simultaneously.
Plastic does not biodegrade in a meaningful timeframe. Thus, some portion of it accumulates in the environment. The more we produce, consume, and recycle, the more will come into the world and accumulate in landfills, on land, in rivers, and the sea.
SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend a...
WASHINGTON -- Across the country, cities and counties are instituting fees on plastic bags, or even banning them outright, in an effort to prevent pol...
Unlike air pollution which we can see and smell, most think plastic is harmless, or merely an aesthetic eyesore when seen on the ground or in the water, Woodring says, and is perceived of as less of a planetary problem by the public.
Though they are often as ubiquitous in the city as stop signs or parking meters, plastic bags have become the target of one Chicago alderman's quest t...
