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Cheese gets gross — here's a doctor's trick to storing it properly
This is a Gouda tip.
Blue states' bag bans are causing more plastic waste than ever
Recent studies are showing that bans on single-use plastic bags are increasing the amount of plastic waste that ends up on landfills.
How many times can you reuse a plastic zip-top bag? Ziploc weighs in
But zip-top bags shouldn't always be reused — some circumstances call for them to be thrown in the trash.
Do Americans still use plastic bags? Here's what the stats tell us
The average person still uses 140 plastic bags in a year — about the height of an 18-story building, new research suggests.
Don't expect the greens' 1,600% mistake on ocean plastic to get them to change course
Per a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience, just 500,000 metric tons of plastic end up in the world's oceans each year, not the 8 million tons previously bemoaned.
13 stadium-approved clear bags for Taylor Swift concerts and more in 2023
The stadium essential everyone needs in their closet.
Whale dies in Hawaii with fishing nets, plastic bags found in stomach
A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps
Cause of death revealed for millionaire pharma exec who killed 8-year-old son
Gigi Jordan, the millionaire pharmaceutical executive convicted of manslaughter in the death of her 8-year-old son, committed suicide by putting a plastic bag over her head filled with nitrogen gas, the city's...
I spent $3,200 at Best Buy — but refuse to pay 11 cents for a plastic bag
An angry Best Buy customer couldn't help but share his two cents on TikTok after he refused to dish out $0.11 for a plastic bag.
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New Jersey residents fight plastic bag ban, steal shopping baskets
"They get nasty when they're told that they can't take the basket out of the store and some walk out anyway," a ShopRite employee said.
The 7 best reusable grocery bags of 2022 for sustainable shopping
Up your sustainability game by starting to bring your own bags to the grocery store.
One man's trash is another man's art: Brazilian makes masterpieces from plastic
Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur reproduces classic art masterpieces without using a drop of paint - just recycled shreds of plastic picked up from city streets and rivers.
US and China lead globe in single-use plastic waste generation
But it's often smaller companies — restaurants, grocers or salons, for example — who bear the brunt of reform.
Don't put gas in plastic bags in your car, and other warnings feds are being forced to make
Federal officials on Wednesday warned people panicked by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown to not store gasoline in plastic bags — or to pour it near an open flame.
The wrong time to enforce the new plastic-bag law
Sometimes, officials are too eager to move after a media exposé. Case in point, the reaction of the state Department of Environmental Conservation to reporting by The City that no...
NY's plastic-bag ban one more thing pushing COVID-slammed bodegas over cliff
Bodegas across the five boroughs have been a lifeline for New Yorkers throughout the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns. But the economic and health effects of the crisis have taken a...
1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray, study finds
More than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is...
Many NYC bodegas are still handing out plastic bags despite ban
Many New York City bodegas continue to dole out plastic bags with purchases -- risking hefty fines -- because paper bags are too costly and hard to find, a new...
Long-delayed New York plastic-bag ban to kick off on Monday
New York's long-stalled plastic bag ban is finally due to kick in on Monday, state officials said. Approved in March 2019, the ban was supposed to go into effect March...