Polystyrene — the plastic America loves to hate — wants a second chance. Used in foam cups, packaging peanuts and the molded ...

These seven everyday items seem like safe bets for the blue bin. They're not, and tossing them in only bogs down the system.

Diners who skip the flimsy plastic and styrofoam and show up with their own containers for leftovers make a strong case that ...

An emerging contingent of South Florida restaurant patrons is rejecting plastic and Styrofoam containers for their takeout.

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 years. Reading time 2 minutes Around the world, plastic is falling through the ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

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FORSYTH - When Ron Ingram was leaving for work early Monday morning, he discovered that the plastic garbage container he had wheeled to the curb the previous evening was nowhere in sight. "It was very ...