California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence?
SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...
The last (paper) straw? Central Mass. reacts to Trump's push for plastic
Moving away from single-use plastics, including straws, had been the policy of President Joe Biden’s administration. It cited ...
WGNO10d
Should restaurants stop using plastic cutting boards? Nevada student says yes.
He says he wants to make it so restaurants have to get rid of plastic cutting boards and switch to alternatives like wooden ones, in order to reduce the intake of microplastics. “I’m kind of a ...
Las Vegas Sun3d
UNLV medical student pushes for ban on plastic cutting boards in restaurants
When Joshua Khorsandi moved to Las Vegas last year to start at UNLV’s Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, he noticed many restaurants using plastic cutting boards to prepare food. Khorsandi ...
The Coast News8d
Encinitas-based Plastic Beach takes on soft plastic pollution
Plastic Beach, an Encinitas-based nonprofit, is tackling a major environmental challenge: soft plastic pollution.