Plastic is ubiquitous. It’s in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest. Every year, the world ...

Of the 400-million-plus tons of plastic that the world produces each year, more than a third is only used once before it’s thrown out. Each minute, by some estimates, the equivalent of a garbage truck ...

Thailand produces two million tons of plastic waste a year but started limiting single-use plastic before the pandemic, asking major retailers to stop handing out bags for free — Lillian SUWANRUMPHA ...

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a question from a reporter after signing a series of executive orders including 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum, a pardon for ...

Data shows Bangladesh generates around 87,000 tons of single-use plastics annually, of which 96% are directly discarded as garbage. Lack of awareness has led to the collection of plastic waste all ...

ON. WTAE.COM. 1237 IS THE TIME ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND PITTSBURGH’S PLASTIC BAG BAN WAS IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023 TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. IT HAS SPARKED BOTH PRAISE AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ...