Atlanta city council votes to ban plastic utensils
The Atlanta city council approved legislation that will prohibit plastic utensils and bags in all city buildings and at Hartsfield Jackson Airport.
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More than 130,000 pounds of ground beef recalled for plastic
About 130,464 pounds of raw ground beef products have been recalled because they may contain plastic, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday.
Photo shows man filling plastic buckets with gasoline
It has been a stressful week in Florida as residents have frantically prepared for Hurricane Dorian, and it appears that it has impaired one man's judgment.
You could be swallowing a credit card's weight in plastic every week
Globally, we are ingesting an average of 5 grams of plastic every week, the equivalent of a credit card, a new study suggests.
Canada plans to ban 'harmful' single-use plastics by 2021
Canada will ban many single-use plastic items by 2021, including bags, straws, cutlery and stirring sticks, to cut harmful waste damaging the country's ecosystems.
Woman aims to protect black motorists in traffic stops with invention
Jackie Carter knows this shouldn't be an issue. In a perfect world, black citizens wouldn't die during traffic stops, and black drivers wouldn't have to fear for their lives whenever they saw blue lights flashing behind them.
China's recycling ban has sent America's plastic to Malaysia
Dozens of laborers and factory operators sit hand-cuffed in rows on the pavement at an industrial park in Malaysia.
Guinness will stop using plastic in beer multipacks
Guinness is ditching plastic ring containers and shrink wrap in its beer multipacks.
South Korea's plastic problem is a literal trash fire
Uiseong, a picturesque South Korean farming county, was a backwater until homegrown heroes the Garlic Girls became breakout stars and curling silver medalists at last year's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
La Crosse business wants to help you recycle your plastics
If you want to recycle your plastics, but worry about the effectiveness of those green bins, there will soon be another option in La Crosse.
