Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home ...

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

It wasn’t until a few years ago that I learned just how much microplastics can affect your body — and not to mention the environment — just by living your daily life. In fact, the Environmental ...

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 to 10 years.

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