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  • Remember the Good Ol’ Days When Wood Was Wood?
    Remember the Good Ol’ Days When Wood Was Wood?
    I am fond of wood, glass, wool, brass, and other natural materials. There is something so luxurious and honest about them in a world drowning in plastic. Not that plastic ...
    June 7, 2024BY Matthew Little
  • Plastic Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Premature Death: Study
    Plastic Raises Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, Premature Death: Study
    People with plastic in their arteries had a 4.5 times higher risk of experiencing a heart attack, stroke, ...
    March 10, 2024BY Isabella Rayner
  • Plastic Food Packaging Contains Thousands of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals: Study
    Plastic Food Packaging Contains Thousands of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals: Study
    Chemicals that disrupt the endocrine and metabolic systems are prevalent in plastic food packaging, according to the findings ...
    March 6, 2024BY Katabella Roberts
  • After Years of Recycling and Bag Bans, America’s Plastic Problem Is Getting Worse
    After Years of Recycling and Bag Bans, America’s Plastic Problem Is Getting Worse
    After New Jersey banned single-use plastic bags, plastic consumption in the state increased three-fold, a report found.
    March 4, 2024BY Autumn Spredemann
  • Scientists Create ‘Worm Gut’ That Breaks Down Plastic
    Scientists Create ‘Worm Gut’ That Breaks Down Plastic
    Plastic waste clogging landfills and contaminating oceans may soon meet its match. Scientists have engineered a plastic-eating “worm ...
    February 20, 2024BY A.C. Dahnke
  • Retailer ALDI Removes Disposable Plastic Bags From All US Stores
    Retailer ALDI Removes Disposable Plastic Bags From All US Stores
    German retailer ALDI has completely phased out plastic shopping bags which, according to the company, will save thousands ...
    January 18, 2024BY Kos Temenes
  • Ottawa to Appeal Federal Court’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Ruling Related to Single-Use Plastics Ban
    Ottawa to Appeal Federal Court’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Ruling Related to Single-Use Plastics Ban
    The Federal Court had ruled cabinet's assertion that all plastic-manufactured items are toxic was 'unreasonable and unconstitutional.'
    November 20, 2023BY Matthew Horwood
  • New York AG James Sues PepsiCo Over Plastic Pollution Along Buffalo River
    New York AG James Sues PepsiCo Over Plastic Pollution Along Buffalo River
    New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against food and beverage giant PepsiCo Inc. accusing ...
    November 16, 2023BY Katabella Roberts
  • Zero Waste–One Woman’s Efforts to Create a Cleaner World
    Zero Waste–One Woman’s Efforts to Create a Cleaner World
    Eve Schaub and her family went from 96 gallons of trash per week to a mere nine—will you ...
    October 20, 2023BY Epoch Health Bookshelf
  • Ottawa Prepares for Ban on Single-Use Plastics in Food Packaging
    Ottawa Prepares for Ban on Single-Use Plastics in Food Packaging
    Following a ban on plastic bags at supermarkets and liquor stores in late 2022, the federal government is ...
    August 4, 2023BY Matthew Horwood
  • Ask Me Anything: Recycle Prescription Bottles, Help with Student Financial Aid
    Ask Me Anything: Recycle Prescription Bottles, Help with Student Financial Aid
    Dear Cheapskate: Do you know of any place where I can donate empty plastic prescription bottles? It seems ...
    June 14, 2023BY Mary Hunt
  • Hawaii Whale Dies With Fishing Nets, Plastic Bags in Stomach
    Hawaii Whale Dies With Fishing Nets, Plastic Bags in Stomach
    HONOLULU—A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large ...
    February 3, 2023BY The Associated Press
  • Manufacturing, Importing Straws and Other Single-Use Plastics Now Banned
    Manufacturing, Importing Straws and Other Single-Use Plastics Now Banned
    Canada's ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, ...
    December 20, 2022BY The Canadian Press
  • Australian Supermarkets Form Taskforce to Combat Collapse of Recycling Program
    Australian Supermarkets Form Taskforce to Combat Collapse of Recycling Program
    Supermarket giants Coles, Woolworths, and ALDI will form a task force to address the suspension of a soft ...
    November 27, 2022BY Lis Wang
  • Foster Farms Chicken Patties Sold at Costco Recalled for Possible Contamination
    Foster Farms Chicken Patties Sold at Costco Recalled for Possible Contamination
    Foster Farms is recalling around 148,000 pounds of fully cooked frozen chicken breast patty products over possible plastic contamination, the U.S. Department ...
    October 31, 2022BY Katabella Roberts
  • EXCLUSIVE: Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based on False Narratives
    EXCLUSIVE: Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based on False Narratives
    The article you are looking for has been archived. The Epoch Times periodically reviews previously published content to ...
    September 6, 2022BY Lee Yun-Jeong and Sean Tseng
  • New Laws Make California Even More Progressive
    New Laws Make California Even More Progressive
    In recent weeks California polished its reputation as a progressive state. It passed strict new gun and environmental ...
    July 5, 2022BY Jamie Joseph
  • California Passes Sweeping Measure to Reduce Single-Use Plastics
    California Passes Sweeping Measure to Reduce Single-Use Plastics
    California has passed a sweeping measure to significantly reduce single-use plastics and drastically boost plastic recycling rates, setting ...
    July 1, 2022BY Mimi Nguyen Ly
  • Only About 5 Percent of Plastic Waste Gets Recycled in US, New Report Says
    Only About 5 Percent of Plastic Waste Gets Recycled in US, New Report Says
    By Frank Kummer From The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA—Only 5 percent to 6 percent of the 46 million tons ...
    May 6, 2022BY Tribune News Service
  • Texas Scientists Create Plastic-Eating Enzyme That Could Help Clean up Landfills
    Texas Scientists Create Plastic-Eating Enzyme That Could Help Clean up Landfills
    An enzyme that can chemically break down bottles and packaging that typically take centuries to degrade may be ...
    May 4, 2022BY Katabella Roberts
  • Plastic Grocery Bag Bans Actually Boost Sales of Small Plastic Garbage Bags: Study
    Plastic Grocery Bag Bans Actually Boost Sales of Small Plastic Garbage Bags: Study
    Bans and fees on plastic carry-out grocery bags (CGB) could have significant unintended consequences, according to a study. ...
    April 25, 2022BY Nathan Worcester
  • 10 American Inventions That Changed the World
    10 American Inventions That Changed the World
    Electricity Efforts to understand and harness electricity began in the 18th century. Scientists thought electricity could be used ...
    March 16, 2022BY American Essence
  • Sustainability Scale Needed for Plastic Products
    Sustainability Scale Needed for Plastic Products
    Labelling of plastic products should include a "sustainability scale" to help consumers navigate the confusing world of plastics ...
    March 8, 2022BY Steve Milne
  • COVID-19 Has Caused a Plastic Pandemic, Says Australian Environmental Body
    COVID-19 Has Caused a Plastic Pandemic, Says Australian Environmental Body
    Plastic pollution was already ubiquitous before the CCP virus pandemic arrived, but the past two years have seen ...
    March 3, 2022BY Jessie Zhang
  • Australian Scientists Make Enzymes That Gobble up Plastics Like ‘Pac-Man’
    Australian Scientists Make Enzymes That Gobble up Plastics Like ‘Pac-Man’
    Researchers in Australia are developing a plastic-eating enzyme resembling the pellet-eating "Pac-man," but the former may divert plastic ...
    February 22, 2022BY Jessie Zhang
  • Feds Moving to Ban Plastic Straws, Bags by End of 2022: Guilbeault
    Feds Moving to Ban Plastic Straws, Bags by End of 2022: Guilbeault
    OTTAWA—It's the end of days for plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam takeout containers in Canada. The federal government ...
    December 21, 2021BY The Canadian Press
  • Nearly 26,000 Tons of Pandemic-Related Plastic Waste Pollutes the Ocean: Study
    Nearly 26,000 Tons of Pandemic-Related Plastic Waste Pollutes the Ocean: Study
    Some 25,900 tons of pandemic-related plastic now pollute the ocean, with the majority stemming from hospital and medical ...
    November 8, 2021BY Isabel van Brugen
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