Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Starting Jan. 1, black plastic, which isn't compatible with recycling equipment, was included in that ban's enforcement. With a fresh nudge from city inspectors, restaurants are getting up to speed.

As we get serious about finding a solution to the plastic problem, all forms of this ubiquitous material are facing increasing scrutiny. Fairly recently, concerns have been raised about black ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (WJLA) — An investigation is underway after a black bear was found dead inside a plastic bag in Arlington, Virginia. According to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington ...

A black bear was found dead in a plastic bag near a park's walking trail in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. On Friday, at 8:30 p.m., a plastic bag was reported near a walking ...

Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene — a hard-to-recycle plastic used for products like coffee cups, egg cartons and meat trays — and melted it right down to its ...

Consumer Reports is continuing to sound the alarm on plastic chemicals in food, with the advocacy group again targeting General Mills for producing a range of products found to contain risky and ...

In other states, including Florida, where open burning is allowed, black smoke billows from piles scattered across farms—another stream of carbon pumping into the atmosphere. Plastic is a ...

Mazda’s finally learning from its errant ways of using copious amounts of piano black plastic in high-contact interior zones. Our long-term 2024 CX-90 PHEV smartly makes little to no use of the ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Every year, companies produce more than 400 million metric tons of plastic. Some of that plastic spills onto waterways or beaches, clogging streams or floating in huge gyres in the ocean.

An adult black bear was found dead in a plastic bag Friday night in Arlington, Virginia, the Animal Welfare League of Arlington said. Animal control was dispatched to Spout Run Parkway near N.