Switching to reusable alternatives is an effective way to reduce plastic waste. Things like cloth bags, stainless steel water ...

Shrewsbury Town Meeting members banned plastic bags in 2017 by defeating a citizens petition to reverse a ban that Town Meeting approved in 2016. Special Town Meeting voted in 2018 to ban food ...

Plastic also commonly contains other chemicals that are endocrine disrupters and may impact fertility. Here are just a few of them: BPA: Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used in the ...

But efforts are underway to arm local and national officials with the data they need. UNEP and UN-Habitat, for example, have ...

Consumer packaging dumps 19 million metric tons of plastic waste into the environment each year, according to the nonprofit ...

Exposure to a common phthalate in plastics is linked to over 350,000 heart-related deaths annually. The chemical, DEHP, ...

Harwich town meeting concluded on Tuesday night. Votes included two types of single-use plastics bans, fertilizer bans and a ...

In the first edition of our three-part plastics challenge, our sustainability editor breaks down what the science says (so far) about the plastic in ... our drinking water, and our bodies.

“Water bottles – not just bad for the planet, it could be in your brain,” he noted in a clip, which has racked up 23,000 views. He said plastic ... we are exposed to plastics in everyday ...