The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very ...

Moving away from single-use plastics, including straws, had been the policy of President Joe Biden’s administration. It cited ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to abandon "nonfunctional" paper straws and shift the US back to ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Imagine sitting down to a meal and realizing there’s an invisible ingredient in every bite — plastic. Plastics are all around us, in bags, bottles, packaging and clothing. When they ...

County Executive Marc Elrich said he supports the carryout plastic bag ban that was approved by the county council this week.

This include species mentioned above as well as fish, seals and birds ... is used in making single-use items such as shopping bags, cups and straws. Only nine percent of the nine billion tons of ...

Scientists found plastic particles in nearly all seafood samples. Smaller species like shrimp had more contamination.