Hampshire County Council is urging people to make simple swaps this Plastic Free July to help the environment and save money. The average person in the UK produces 76kg of plastic waste each year - 20 ...

Residents across Hampshire are being encouraged to cut down on their use of single-use plastics. Hampshire County Council is urging people to make simple swaps this Plastic Free July to help the ...

Plastic Free July is designed to help people reduce their use of single-use plastics and improve recycling practices.

Installing the new baler makes our recycling program more efficient, and the response from our community has been ...

Rice is also a hot spot for microplastics. A University of Queensland study found that for every half cup of rice, there are ...

Reusable water bottles aren't the only trendy drinkware. Weck jars have become popular among coffee drinkers, with some ...

Plastic is not only littering Louisville roads and waterways, it is impacting our health. Join the global 'Plastic Free July' movement.

We talk about some of the bags, tools, and other items that we use to make travel easier and more enjoyable.

Plastic bags were the fifth most-common item found in shoreline cleanups, after cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic bottle caps and plastic beverage bottles.

Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully mitigate plastic bag litter along beaches, lakes, and rivers, according to a study published June 19 in the journal Science.

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.