Soft, stretchy plastics like bubble wrap and bread bags are impossible to avoid and harder still to dispose of.

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 metric tons) of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to ...

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A broken plastic chair from a household, used for many years and eventually discarded, may once have been sold ...

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When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...