Plastic bendable straws have become the safe, low-cost default in such settings—but the hunt is on for greener alternatives. Learn more about plastic waste and take the pledge to reduce it at ...

And it's not going away any time soon. Even if everyone on the planet began switching over to greener alternatives tomorrow, ...

A green tech company based in Sweden, PlasticFri, has developed a technology that offers consumers an eco-friendly and plant-based alternative to plastic. This video is from BBC Click ...

And, these days it couldn't be easier to ditch single-use plastic — there are so many brands offering reusable alternatives that are more affordable and much better looking than plastic bags anyway.

What alternatives are there? What can we as a community do to throw away less plastic? Let us use a reader’s question to discuss what can be done. Q. Hi, Uli. First and foremost, I certainly ...

More cleansing products are using greener alternatives like ground apricot seeds as an exfoliant instead of plastic microbeads, which pollute the environment. Photograph from Shutterstock Just as ...

What made it worse were these were usually plastic waste. Something had to be done about that, they decided and in September last year, they launched Asya(@asya_invitationsandgifts), a store that ...

How can they actually figure out what the best replacement for a plastic item is? What should they do if they can’t find a viable alternative for a plastic item that suits their particular needs?

Each month we’re choosing one household item to swap out for the ecofriendly alternative ... Swap out your single use plastic water bottles for a reusable water bottle! According to the EPA ...

PETALING JAYA: More must be done to encourage the adoption of environmentally-friendly alternatives to plastic packaging to tackle Malaysia’s plastic waste issue, say environmental groups.