Due to a ban on plastic bags, many shoppers are swimming in reusable bags. Some retailers are embracing paper bags, but critics say they’re also bad for the environment.

Most people who separate their plastic waste for recycling assume the bulk of it will in fact be recycled. But current ...

KULPMONT, Pa. — In the lot of the former Kulpmont High School on Spruce Street is a new structure. It houses a new cardboard ...

At UVA Health, the iconic orange plastic pill bottle is getting a makeover. Some prescriptions are now being filled in a new, recyclable paper bottle.

The manifest also lists a wide range of cargo including plastic pellets, wood, spinning machines, polymers, cotton, fish oil, tea, quicklime, cashew nuts, and Brazil nuts. Additionally, 73 ...

Oceana’s Dr. Kimberly Warner explains what you need to know about the tiny plastic particles. When we think about plastic pollution in the ocean, we might picture plastic bottles and bags strewn ...

Hundreds of thousands of plastic beads have washed up on beaches in the Hauraki Gulf. Only half of the plastics businesses using nurdles have signed up to voluntary spill prevention initiatives.

Few of us will ever find ourselves piloting a full-sized military tank. Instead, you might like to make do with the RC variety. [TRDB] has whipped up one of their own design which features a small … ...

Now, the building blocks of all things plastic in our lives are tiny pellets called 'nurdles' - each no more than 5mm in diameter, or about the same size as a grain of rice.

Discovery of plastic pellets and sunken ship containers along the shores of Kanniyakumari raises environmental and safety concerns. ... May 30, 2025 e-Paper. Search for topics, ...

Environmental concerns are mounting following the sinking of the container ship MSC ELSA 3 off the coast of Kerala, as plastic nurdles — tiny pre-production plastic pellets — have begun washing ...