“Paper or plastic?” It’s probably the single most common question in daily life – a query that can lead to embarrassing indecision, a kind of eco-paralysis that spares neither the planet nor the ...

There is a considerable amount of research into the reduction of plastic for many and various applications. For the first time, researchers have found a way to imbue relatively sustainable paper ...

MOST PEOPLE HAVE been annoyed by the sight of plastic shopping bags tangled in trees or have had to swerve around one tumbling down the highway. Many cities and towns view the bags as a major culprit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of "paper or plastic" in checkout lanes. Here, a ...

Larry West is an award-winning environmental journalist and writer. He won the Edward J. Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting. The next time the clerk at your favorite grocery store asks whether ...

Plastic bags produced 7kg of municipal solid waste compared to 33.9kg for paper, and greenhouse gas emissions were equivalent to 0.04 tons of CO 2 compared to paper's 0.08 tons. Plastic bags used 58 ...