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 ...

Unhappy customers are voicing their complaints about a new peel-off film cover for hummus pots, which is supposed to be designed to reduce plastic waste. In recent years, the battle against single ...

Tesco customers have been left furious after plastic lids on the supermarket's hummus pots were replaced with 'flimsy' film covers. The supermarket made the call this month to remove millions of ...

Instead of a plastic lid that clips onto the pot of hummus, the supermarket is now selling hummus in pots with a thin sheet of plastic that is peeled off and cannot be placed back on – similar ...

In a post on X, the retailers said it would help towards their target of eliminating a billion pieces of plastic from their products. Removing secondary lids from our creams means we are closer to ...

For the past couple years, the United Nations has been negotiating a plastics treaty — a binding agreement that could set firm limits on plastic production, establish commitments to reducing ...

Dear Heloise: Many years ago, I discovered that when I donated, I would receive requests from a number of other groups several weeks later -- some that even advocated for the same kind of ...

In a report published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from Kyushu University have for the first time, provided a clear numerical target for global efforts to tackle marine plastic pollution.

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco Paper or paper?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a ...