As plastic items dominate beach littering, Alliance for the Great Lakes’ says we need to ramp up reusable items and sustainable packaging. What about personal responsibility?

A miniature version of the grocer’s signature reusable shopping bag that first took the internet by storm in March is ...

Sylvan Lake city council decided Tuesday to hold off on signing a trash-hauling contract. Last week, the council approved a $1.4 million contract with Standard Waste – despite ongoing negotiations ...

Standard specializes in commercial and industrial ... The city pays its trash hauler on a monthly basis. Mayor Jim Cowper ...

This Gorgeous Caribbean Island Has Pink-sand Beaches and Luxury Resorts — and You Can Drive All the Way Around It in Under 4 Hours ‘I don’t care anymore’: Workers prefer juggling multiple part-time ...

Anthony Bellman, 55, on Monday pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree animal cruelty and one count of first-degree animal cruelty before Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle, but he will not learn his ...

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Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

The plastic retail bag could be history in California, with the legislature voting to pass a new plastic ban that will allow only paper bags at checkout. The plastics industry, which fought the ...