Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

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Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic ...

(CN) California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a single-use plastic bag ban bill into law, changing a rule that’s been in place for 10 years. Senate Bill 1053 — written by state Senator Catherine ...