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Trump and Xi greet a crowd of cheering people
EconomyAs China restricts rare earths, Trump targets ethane in plastics manufacturing blow
By Jordan BlumJune 4, 2025
EnvironmentYour clothes are shedding millions of microplastics that clog water supplies every time you do laundry. Here’s how to fix it
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressApril 22, 2025
HealthMicroplastics are everywhere. Here are 5 ways to reduce your exposure
By Ani FreedmanMarch 13, 2025
HealthTea bags and these 11 foods are likely exposing you to billions of microplastics
By Ani FreedmanJanuary 16, 2025
EnvironmentNew Jersey bill targeting plastic packaging would require it to be recyclable or compostable by 2034
By Wayne Parry and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2024
CommentaryIt’s time to hold corporations accountable for the plastics crisis—and the bill could exceed $20 billion in the U.S. alone
By Leonardo TrasandeNovember 21, 2024
Man prepares eggs on a nonstick frying pan
HealthEndocrine-disrupting chemicals are everywhere. Here’s how to reduce your exposure
By Ani FreedmanNovember 9, 2024
Plastic Pepsi bottles in a bundle
RetailCoca-Cola and Pepsi, two of the world’s top plastic polluters, just got slapped with a lawsuit alleging exaggerated recycling claims and downplayed health effects
By Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressNovember 1, 2024
CommentaryGovernments have just 5 weeks to end plastic pollution. A global, binding treaty is the only solution
By Ellen MacArthur and Christiana FigueresOctober 21, 2024
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods sits in a comfy chair in Qatar
EnvironmentCalifornia sues Exxon for ‘decades-long campaign of deception’ on plastics
By Will DanielSeptember 25, 2024
EnvironmentCalifornia Gov. Newsom signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
By The Associated PressSeptember 23, 2024
A woman sifts through a mountain of plastic waste
EnvironmentThe amount of plastic waste produced each year could fill NYC’s Central Park and reach as high as the Empire State Building
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressSeptember 4, 2024
woman drinking from plastic water bottle
HealthMicroplastics are everywhere, but here’s how to reduce your exposure
By Matthew Griffin and BloombergAugust 31, 2024
Natracare founder and CEO Susie Hewson.
CommentaryToxic metals found in tampons have set off alarm bells—the kind I responded to 35 years ago when starting my company
By Susie HewsonAugust 15, 2024
Nestle's CEO Ulf Mark Schneider looks on during a general shareholders meeting of Swiss food giant Nestle in Ecublens, near Lausanne, on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
EnvironmentSwiss giant Nestle has rolled back recycling targets and the difference amounts to the weight of 30 Eiffel Towers
By Dasha Afanasieva and BloombergJuly 11, 2024
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