A few household products you likely have in your kitchen, including plastic wrap, will reduce the amount of scrubbing it ...

A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home to unload. But the truth is, each decision we make inside the store ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

Shopping bags are going 100% paper for 10 cents apiece statewide in California on New Years’ Day. Some consumers say they ...

Researchers have linked a harmful chemical in plastic to hundreds of thousands of deaths from heart disease worldwide, and even as pervasive as plastic is, local experts said there are ways for people ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

People who save every plastic bag as adults usually do so because of the frugal beliefs they grew up around. These beliefs caused them to develop a frugal and scarcity mindset that dictates not only ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Many plastic dishes and storage containers are marked ...

Plastic is a good material, actually. While modern plastic laptops rarely flex when you pick them up, plastic can still flex ...