Climate Compass on MSN

The paper straw lie: Why we traded one plastic problem for a chemical one

When paper straws started appearing in coffee shops and restaurants a few years back, most of us welcomed them with open arms ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Single-Use Plastic Is a Big Pandemic Problem. Environmentalists and Local Leaders Have a Plan

Do you have a drawer filled with a stash of plastic knives and ketchup packages that you’ve inadvertently collected by ordering takeout and delivery during the pandemic? “We all have one. I absolutely ...
Yahoo

Study finds side effects of drinking from plastic water bottles grossly underestimated: 'Not something that should be used in daily life'

At this point, the dangers of single-use plastic are well-documented, but Phys.org recently reported that an expert believes water bottle-related risks to human health remain "dangerously understudied ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Students create innovative startup after noticing problem during lunch break: 'It came with a lot of meetings, crying sessions, and fights'

"In the beginning, we were still discovering how to build a business." Students create innovative startup after noticing ...
Boston Herald

Bakst: Single-use plastic bans not effective

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.
CNN

I tracked my trash for one week. Here’s what I swapped to cut out 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 ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Traveler infuriated by bus company's bizarre refreshment offering: 'The problem is that it exists in the first place'

"You don’t want to take a plane, and in the bus they give you this." Traveler infuriated by bus company's bizarre refreshment offering: 'The problem is that it exists in the first place' first ...
Daily Herald

Could Elgin adopt a single-use plastic bag ban?

Following the recommendation of its sustainability commission, Elgin may consider bringing a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags up for a city council vote. The council discussed the possibility ...
WTEN

Single-use plastic packaging bill not voted on in NYS Assembly

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Assemblymembers left Albany on Tuesday without voting on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure bill. “The plastic pollution problem is not going away, and neither ...
PBS

Single-Use Planet

SINGLE-USE PLANET explores efforts to reduce the growing deluge of disposable plastic. Plastic is vital to our modern way of life—but not all forms of it. In search of why more single-use plastic ...
City & State New York

Opinion: New York is ready for single-use plastic waste reduction

This week, New York City is hosting over 900 events dedicated to creating bold solutions to the climate crisis. Across all five boroughs, business leaders, politicians, climate activists, scientists ...
Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...