Lagos can learn from Rwanda on the use of education and awareness as key drivers of change. While the ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics (SUPs) is a positive step and is in its beginning phase, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia's ban on single-use plastic bags begins Thursday. Paper bags that don't contain at least 40 percent recycled content are also prohibited. Businesses ...

IPOH: The ban on single-use plastic bags in Perak will come into force on March 1, says Perak environment committee chairman ...

Take Back the Tap is a student-led initiative at Cornell University that was first established in the early 2000s when the Student Assembly passed Resolution 35 called “Taking Back the Tap.” The ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

Senate Bill 551 would ban thicker "reusable" plastic bags and restrict single-use plastics in restaurants and hotels. Senate Bill 526 would require new washing machines to have microfiber filters to ...

The grant-funded project at Nicholls State University will include installing water bottle refill stations to reduce single-use plastics.

The measure, S-3195, requires establishments such as restaurants, cafes, food trucks and others to provide single-use ...

Newsom has railed against plastic waste, but videos of the governor’s ‘This is Gavin Newsom’ podcasts usually feature a single-use plastic water bottle by his side. ‘It’s like that whole French ...

Sophia Garcia’s favorite thing about Cal football games is talking trash — literally. The UC Berkeley sophomore works on the Cal Zero Waste staff, which launched an effort to swap out single-use cups ...

ReThink BioClean announces a strategic partnership with Mind Your Plastic to reduce the use of single-use plastics across Canada. I think if businesses embrace some of the tools available to them, ...