Spurring claims of environmental racism, Louisiana granted a permit allowing a Taiwanese single-use plastics manufacturer once named the worst environmental polluter in the world to build a new plant in a mostly black community known as “Cancer Alley.”
Read moreA lawsuit claiming food and beverage giant Nestle misled consumers about its water quality by allowing high levels of microplastics in its products was dismissed by a federal judge.
Read moreThe 28-nation EU bloc moved closer Wednesday to banning single-use straws, plates, cutlery and cotton buds after officials from member states and the European Parliament said they’re following recommendations by its executive branch designed to marine pollution.
Read moreThe European Parliament on Thursday voted to ban many single-use plastic items, targeting what the administrative arm of the EU says are the 10 products most likely to end up as litter in oceans.
Read morePresident Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday committing the United States to expand efforts to clean up nearly 8 million metric tons of litter polluting the world’s oceans.
Read moreCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday inked legislation aimed at breaking society’s “infatuation” with plastic straws.
Read moreOpponents of a $9 billion Formosa plastics plant in Louisiana claim they were locked out of public meeting Wednesday night in St. James Parish about the company’s application.
Read moreTaking a sip of your drink at local restaurants and fast food joints across the Golden State will have to be done without a straw – unless you request one – if legislation approved Thursday by lawmakers is signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Read moreSan Francisco city leaders inched closer to banning all small plastic items Tuesday, with a plan to outlaw plastic straws, food containers and wrappers by July 2019 headed toward a final reading next week.
Read moreStarbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.
Read moreLooking for a plastic straw to sip your soda? It’s no longer allowed in Seattle bars and restaurants.
Read moreEight years after passing a law to ban straws and plastic utensils in Seattle’s bars and restaurants, the ban took effect Sunday and businesses that don’t comply now face $250 fines.
Read moreThe Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld an appeals court ruling that disallows local governments from banning single-use plastic bags, finding that state law bars ordinances restricting the sale or use of containers.
Read moreTen workers injured Saturday in a fiery explosion at a suburban Houston plastics plant won a temporary restraining order Monday forcing the plant owner not to tamper with a valve suspected of setting off the blast.
Read morePhotos of plastic clogging the world’s waterways and filling the stomachs of unfortunate sea birds and whales have become common in recent years, and on Tuesday the journal Nature Communications reported on an enormous buildup of frozen plastic particles trapped in Arctic sea ice.
Read moreA federal class action filed late Thursday accuses food and beverage giant Nestle of misleading consumers about the quality of its Pure Life bottled water, which a recent study found contains high levels of microplastics.
Read moreA new study led by a nonprofit journalism group found that 90 percent of several top brands of bottled water were contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic.
Read moreThe Southern California coastal enclave of Malibu on Monday banned plastic cutlery, straws and stirrers at restaurants and fast food joints in an effort to keep beaches free from refuse.
Read moreFully addressing the massive buildup of plastic waste in the planet’s oceans requires policymakers and business leaders to talk and work together, champion British sailor and philanthropist Ellen MacArthur writes in an editorial published Thursday.
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