For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. -- A local group of volunteers spends time each week crocheting what some might consider garbage into something quite useful. They take every day plastic grocery bags and turn them ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After a successful pilot here, Wegmans Food Markets is rolling out plastic bags made of 40% post-consumer recycled plastic chainwide. The retailer believes the recycled content is ...
Freitag, the Swiss brand best known for turning used truck tarps into durable, one-of-a-kind bags, has just expanded its best ...
The plastic bag industry on Jan. 30 unveiled a voluntary commitment to boost recycled content in retail shopping bags to 20 percent by 2025 as part of a broader sustainability initiative. Under the ...
STYLE AND FUNCTION MEET IN THE RECYCLE BIN Waste equals food for Eli Reich and his company Alchemy Goods, which turns old bike tire tubes, advertising banners, and seat belt straps into messenger and ...
Twenty-seven organizations have called for urgent government action to help deal with the global plastic problem. The Recycle More Bags coalition proposes using legislative action and procurement ...