Yesterday, now-former Gov. Phil Murphy signed New Jersey’s “Skip the Stuff” bill (S-3195/A-5157) before the end of his term.

WASHINGTON, United States — If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. The primary concern regarding plastic pollution is ocean plastic pollution.

Single-use plastics like drinking straws don’t dissolve over years. Instead, they gradually crumble into tiny pieces of debris. Imagine marine birds or your local birds mistaking these ...

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

We have adopted a disposable lifestyle in which around 50% of plastic is used once and then thrown away. Today, single-use plastics present some of the biggest environmental hazards because plastic ...

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

The French government has delayed the ban on single-use plastic cups by four years, citing a lack of scalable compliant ...

The chain set a goal for 2025. Then it changed its mind.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bozeman voted for to ban “Single Use Plastics”. This ban is supposedly for single-use plastic ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...