Every day more is being done to protect the environment. What was once a task left up to the individual is now becoming something that entire municipalities are examining. Cities, counties and states are working together to help reduce waste, slow climate change and create a healthier environment. One of [...]

Haiti’s government has announced a ban on importing, manufacturing and marketing polyethylene and polystyrene products as of Oct. 1 due to plastic and foam containers littering the country and hurting the ocean wildlife. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe claims the crackdown is aimed at protecting Haiti’s coastlines, shores and its mangroves. The Miami [...]

India‘s capital city Delhi has placed a ban on plastic bags, which will be effective as of next week, with the hopes that it can help the environment. The ban will prohibit the manufacture and sale of all plastic bags and plastic sheets. B.M.S Reddy, an engineer working with Delhi’s [...]

Plastic finding its way into our oceans poses a huge environmental threat since plastic does not biodegrade – plastic photo degrades with sunlight and breaks into smaller and smaller pieces but never fully disappears. Some estimates have found that approximately 90% of all trash floating on the ocean’s surface is [...]

Plastic bags tend to disrupt the environment in a serious way. They get into soil and slowly release toxic chemicals. They eventually break down into the soil, with the unfortunate consequence being that animals eat them and often choke and die. The petroleum and the gas that’s used to create [...]

In what can only be called a big win for the environment, Toronto has put an outright ban on plastic bags in its cities. But wait – that’s not the whole story. A few weeks ago, Toronto’s mayor had been talking about repealing the 5 cent bag tax the city [...]

Wednesday, May 23rd saw Los Angeles take a landmark step in changing our shopping habits for the better by outright banning the use of plastic bags in supermarkets and stores. In the 13‐1 vote, LA councilors declared that they would be siding with the clean water advocates – which include [...]

Think of all the jobs we’d create here in California if everyone were allowed to have their own nuclear bomb. My neighbor Phil might even think twice before blowing all his leaves over on my yard if he suspected I had the power to send him and his leaf blower [...]

Hawaii recently became the first state in the United States to ban plastic bags at checkout counters after a two-year campaign across the islands. Specifically, retailers will no longer be allowed to carry bags that are not non-biodegradable plastic bags or 40 percent recycled paper bags. Retailers have been given [...]

Because most plastic is non-biodegradable, a long debate has gone on for years whether it is acceptable to burn plastic as a disposal method. On one hand, scientists say it’s dangerous to burn plastic because it poses health and environmental hazards, potentially emitting toxic and carcinogenic substances into the air. [...]