In anticipation of Earth Day, Outpost Natural Foods has announced a bold commitment: to eliminate petroleum-based plastic co-op packaging and consumables by 2022. And that goes well beyond plastic ...

Eight billion metric tons. According to Industrial Ecologist Roland Geyer of the University of California, Santa Barbara, that is the amount of plastic that has been produced since the 1950s, and ...

Pawtucket-based Hasbro said Tuesday that it's going to start eliminating plastic in packaging. The company said it hopes to have virtually plastic-free packaging for new products by the end of 2022.

Plastic is everywhere we look. Our computers and children's toys are made out of it, and our water and slices of American cheese are packaged in it. But why is there so much and what is it doing to ...

Processors today generally use three different kinds of purging compounds: chemical; abrasive; and non-abrasive. Purging compound options are widely used in the plastics industry, with traditional ...

Depending on the process, purging methods can vary. Extrusion, unlike injection molding, is a continuous process. As a result, purging procedures should be performed regularly to avoid issues with ...

A national policy on single-use plastics currently being put together is proving to be a humungous task involving inputs from several ministries, led by the consumer affairs ministry. The Narendra ...

Dear EarthTalk: Styrofoam is terrible for the environment and hard to recycle but still prevalent across the U.S. What’s being done to phase it out?

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The American Sailing Association is asking boaters to be on the lookout for any plastic they see out on the water. The campaign is called, ‘Operation Plastic Pollution Purge.’ ...