California’s 2022 law requires all single-use packaging to be recyclable or compostable by 2032, a 25 percent cut in plastic packaging and producer-funded extended…
From 1 January 2026 California stores may not provide any plastic checkout bag; paper bags must contain 40 percent recycled content and cost at…
Maine, Oregon, Colorado, California, Minnesota, Maryland and Washington have adopted laws making producers pay for managing their packaging waste (extended producer responsibility, EPR); Oregon’s…
Using a mass-spectrometry method, US researchers found plastic in 100% of placentas, at 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue.
People ingest 39,000–52,000 microplastic particles a year through food and drink, rising to 74,000–121,000 when breathing is included.
All 62 placentas analysed contained measurable plastic, at 6.5 to 790 micrograms per gram of tissue.
US plastic recycling has fallen, not risen: an estimate by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of 5–6% for 2021, against an official 8.7% for 2018 from…
With no federal plastics law, US states are acting: seven have packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) and California ended plastic checkout bags from 1…
Microplastic falls with rain and dust even in the most remote protected areas of the western United States.
The first full-lifecycle medical review found plastics cause disease from oil extraction through manufacturing, use and disposal.
