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Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- ...

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In Nigeria, informal collectors of plastic bottle waste are central to resolving the clash between its environmental costs ...

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Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

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A numerical error in a scientific paper created alarm around the chemicals in black plastic utensils, but the extent to which ...