Each time you toss your empty plastic milk jug into the commingle recycling bin, you likely end up contributing to a global market. That’s because after recyclables are collected and sorted, they’re ...

'We noticed we were collecting lots of plastic that needed a place to go' BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A Bend business known for sustainability has a new venture: It's making furniture from the plastic ...

Bend council voted to repeal local ban to avoid confusion with state move BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The statewide ban on single-use plastic bans officially goes into effect Jan. 1, following the Bend City ...

Chances are good that you’ve already lost some blood to thermoforming, the plastics manufacturing process that turns a flat sheet of material into an unopenable clamshell package, tray inside a box, ...

Bend could ban most plastic grocery bags and require stores to charge customers for paper bags as soon as July. An ordinance discussed Wednesday by three Bend city councilors that the City Council is ...