For the average person, trying to avoid plastics can feel overwhelming—and maybe pointless. Our writer asked two experts how ...

As a species, our plastic consumption is pretty abysmal. We’ve reached record highs of plastic pollution, according to the EPA, contributing to landfills and waterways waste that will take hundreds of ...

When you mention the word sustainability to someone, single-use plastics almost always come up in the conversation. For a few years, single-use plastics like straws and water bottles were a hot-button ...

Plastic wrap is helpful and easy to use with food - especially if you need to store food in the fridge. However, there are some dangers with plastic wrap. Here are five possibly dangerous reasons why ...

The People Over Petro Coalition, which blames petrochemical companies for putting profits over public health when it comes to ...

A new study estimates that plastics burden the U.S. with hundreds of billions in annual health, environmental, and economic losses.

While biodegradable plastics currently account for 0.5% of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced annually, a growing demand for the alternative reflects consumer awareness and corporate ...

It’s a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United Nations, and some scientists are growing increasingly worried that ...

Many coffee consumers who brew their drinks at home resort to single-use plastic coffee pods. How detrimental are they to the ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...