Why plastic bans aren't working and what needs to change

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...
The Cool Down on MSNOpinion

Officials spark backlash after using 'shaky' reasoning to delay major ban on everyday item: 'Yet another step backward'

Advocates criticized the delay, with some calling into question whether a good-faith effort was made. Officials spark ...

Do you drink water from plastic bottles? Here’s why you should ditch them

People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, ...
PBS

Single-Use Planet

SINGLE-USE PLANET explores efforts to reduce the growing deluge of disposable plastic. Plastic is vital to our modern way of life—but not all forms of it. In search of why more single-use plastic ...
WTAE-TV

Experts weigh environmental trade-offs of Pittsburgh's single-use plastic bag ban

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 ...
The Conversation

Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items

Bhavna Middha receives funding from the Australian Research Council through the Discovery Early Career Research Award. Ralph Horne receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and a ...