Chanie Kirschner is a writer, advice columnist, and educator who has covered topics ranging from parenting to fashion to sustainability. Q: My office serves catered lunches every day and we use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, plastic cutlery has been a staple at summer picnics and fast-food restaurants. While they may be the epitome of ...

Most people don't want the responsibility of serving cake at a party, sheet cake or not, but this plastic tool will make the ...

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Whether for stabbing salads at our desks or slurping up late-night Thai, plastic ...

If beaches could talk, they might be urging people to stop using plastic forks, knives and spoons. For the first time since the Ocean Conservancy began keeping track, plastic cutlery is showing up on ...

In the 1967 movie The Graduate, a baffled Dustin Hoffman is given just one word about his future from a family friend: “Plastics.” He doesn’t go with it, which may be just as well. Plastics, which ...

Europe wants to lead the fight against plastic pollution. On January 18 t h EU member states confirmed the provisional agreement reached between the presidency of the Council and the European ...

The Green Team at my church campaigned unsuccessfully for a policy of using — and washing — reusable dinnerware at church functions. Then we campaigned successfully for a policy of using all ...

The next time you treat yourself to a cheeky takeaway, don’t toss out the little plastic fork. Gardening experts have revealed an unusual way that they can actually protect your garden against ...

It’s not a ban on plastic forks, just a restriction. And it’s one of several in the state’s efforts to becoming less littered. A law passed by the Washington Legislature earlier this year will ask ...

England is set to ban single-use plastic cutlery and dishes. The announcement, which will be officially made on January 14 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), follows a ...

The British government is poised to ban certain single-use plastic products, a long-awaited step towards reducing pollution that environmentalists hope will be just one of many. The ban will cover ...