A woman was left shocked after her ‘message in a bottle’ was sent back with an angry letter – telling her to stop littering.

Plastic bags aren’t that bad. Now I know what you might be thinking: “Are you trying to hurt the earth?” But hear me out. My family uses plastic bags way more than reusable ones. We use it for trash ...

Plastic bag ban all about the greenbacks? I read the Sept. 13 article, "Giant Eagle phasing out plastic bags next month." This is under the guise of making our world “greener." Single-use plastic bags ...

As a Washington resident, I see plastic pollution every time I go outside. I cannot remember a time in my life when my walks weren’t blighted by plastic. With increasing production, there is now even ...

A woman who regularly threw plastic bottles with letters inside into the sea received a reply – telling her to stop littering ...

Plastic is everywhere. We assume it is safe, but guess what? It is not, and more research is finding just how unhealthy it can be. Most of us already know that there is a problem with plastics in our ...

As consumers, we desire products that are attractive, utilitarian and safe to use. Do we consider what happens to them at the end of their lives? Nature has a way of returning its materials to the ...

Turtles wrapped in plastic — it’s not fantastic. It’s tragic. But, my dad, an autoworker, would say: “Oil is too precious to burn as fuel because it can be used to make so many other useful things.” ...

One objection people often have to bag reduction ordinances is feeling they are paying for something that was “free.” Surrounded by plastic, many people think focusing on plastic bags is pointless.

INSKEEP: Plastic or paper? How about neither? That was the response several of you had to our story about San Francisco wanting to ban plastic bags at grocery stores to help the environment. Listener ...

To the editor: To the letter writers who wrote in support of fake grass, I have two comments. First, plastic recycling is basically a hoax perpetrated by the plastics industry. Ultimately, almost all ...