Unlike most fourth-graders, AJ Beaudion likes to leave recess five minutes early. It’s part of his job. At 9 years old, ...

Scientist Cassandra Rauert, who built a plastics-free lab to study human exposure, on the challenges for researchers—and ...

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For people trying to reduce plastic waste at home, the growing availability of "home-compostable" forks, plates, cups, and ...

According to the Washington-based Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the 2024 U.S. Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling Study finds that at least 5.1 billion pounds of postconsumer plastic generated ...

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson walks you through the step-by-step process of building an efficient, multi-compartment composting setup to easily manage yard waste and enrich your garden soil.

Recently, when I — and a lot of people — began thinking about how to better avoid microplastics in the kitchen, one of the ...

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

A Hawaii town is aiming to tackle plastic waste with a new program called Ho'i, offering washable, reusable to-go containers.

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