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No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...
Those who are celebrating fourth of July with fireworks should observe precautions when disposing of said fireworks.
Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...
Springfield Environmental Services is reminding everyone to be careful about how you dispose of your fireworks. If not you ...
Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...
The main finding is that these plastic bag policies are effective in limiting, although not eliminating, plastic bag litter ...
Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...
When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.
A man has taken to social media to share his surprise after a note from the council was stuck to his recycling bin while out ...
Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...
A reader asks why there are three "oddly placed" trash bins along the shoulder of I-40 between Black Mountain and Old Fort.
Recology recycling specialists will be checking garbage bins to make sure waste is being properly sorted through August.