Are those green bags that claim to be compostable really better for the environment? We’ve got the scoop. Credit...Photo Illustration by The New York Times ... adding more plastic to the ...

If only the story had ended there. Despite that legislative success, the poorer nations of the world have never stopped being ...

I come across a recipe on New York Times Cooking while I am searching ... if you’re not getting to them quickly. (Resealable plastic bags work well for this because you can smush the rice ...

Stella Kalinina for The New York Times Supported by By Rukmini Callimachi ... On a side street, Mr. Hernandez moved each koi into its own sturdy plastic bag of clean water, then packed them ...

Mark Abramson for The New York Times As the fire incinerated businesses ... Image Lisa Warren carried a plastic bag full of grapes, on her way to feed chickens whose owners fled the neighborhood ...

Mark Abramson for The New York Times Cleanup occurs in two distinct ... toys and vape pens. They packed the bags into plastic bins on the back of a flatbed truck with a “DANGER” sign affixed ...

Bilal Shbair for The New York Times Their funeral was a humble affair. A cluster of relatives sat in a circle of plastic chairs to pray outside ... had left behind his bag. “He’d told me: I have a ...

NEW YORK – Americans own around 90 million dogs. They provide companionship, reduce stress and help people stay active. They also produce about 12.2 billion kg of waste a year. Most of it ends ...

Microplastics, defined as tiny plastic pieces less than five millimeters in size, are linked to serious health conditions such as endocrine disruptions and metabolic disorders. The problem? They're in ...

die Tageszeitung (Berlin), The New York Times Book Review, Rolling Stone, Departures, Field and Stream, and the (London) Sunday Telegraph magazine. Microplastics, defined as tiny plastic pieces ...

President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work.