CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

It's easy to believe this common myth about recycling food plastic, but it's actually causing more harm to the environment ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state of California announced a lawsuit against three major plastic bag producers and reached a settlement with four other manufacturers on Friday after concluding an ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." Every week, millions of ...

It’s time for some trash talk. That’s because some Lake County communities are beginning a new program impacting garbage collections. The Hefty ReNew program kicking off in October will be giving ...

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Are plastic shopping bags really recyclable? That’s what Coralville resident Mary C. McCarthy wondered when she wrote to Curious Iowa, a series from The Gazette that answers readers’ questions. While ...