State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores from ...

Mouse droppings near the ice machine and dented cans are only some of the violations found in Hamtramck between September and November, according to Wayne County Health Department inspection reports.

“Sustainable pooping” has become an outdoors recreation catchphrase, with people expected to pack their own human waste out in plastic bags. Kiosks with these human-poop bags are popping up along ...

With plastic waste generation growing annually, and recycling rates failing to keep up, Europe has a long road ahead toward reaching the goal of a circular economy for plastics. Energy recovery ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Looking at the two Texas cities specifically, the researchers conducted a “break-even analysis” to explore whether plastic bag policies were able to decrease plastic waste overall, alongside the ...

Ottawa, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global plastic bag packaging market size is predicted to increase from USD 26.89 billion in 2025 to approximately USD 35.41 billion by 2033, according ...