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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a society so based in plastic, it may feel daunting (or impossible) to completely cut the substance from your daily life. But ...

After more than a decade of negotiations and failed efforts to reduce the use of plastics, Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use ...

Packsize, a Utah-based company specializing in automated corrugated packaging, has emerged as a notable player addressing these environmental and logistical issues.

According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the world's plastic gets recycled. Instead, plastic waste continues to collect in our landfills and in our oceans. Other than recycling, the only way to reduce ...

The overuse of plastic materials, common in many facets of society, poses serious problems for environmental and human health. The Plastic Reduction Alliance held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ditch the plastic water bottles — and six other ways to reduce your plastic consumption. (Getty Creative) There’s no way to stop ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous. Though you can’t see them with the naked eye, they’re found almost everywhere — in our food, our cleaning supplies and cosmetics, our water, the air we breathe — and ...

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 ...

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When Briana Bosch started her Colorado flower farm, Blossom and Branch, the fifth-generation farmer—her family had a dairy and corn farm—mimicked what her family had always done: plastic landscape ...

This study examines how mindfulness fosters pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) to address single-use plastic pollution, a critical localized environmental issue. We explore the mediating roles of ...