As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling ...

While no alternative is perfect, single-use plastic is still the worst option, said Kachef, adding the type of plastic they ...

Widespread confusion about the recycling requirements means that many sustainably minded people toss items in the ...

The straws are not recyclable because they are so small, and they take at least 200 years to decompose, the network said. They break down into incredibly tiny bits of plastic smaller than a ...

Less than 10% of the world's plastic has been recycled. So we need to reduce our use of plastic in the first place, rather than trying to clean it up afterwards. Trump rejected paper straws, saying ...

“We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump said during a ceremony ... ban beach sweeps have turned up less plastic trash and recycling centers point to fewer bags gumming up the works ...

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...