Behind the Lens
A McDonald's in Taipei, Taiwan, shows that straws for certain cold drinks are unnecessary.
It was good to see South Africa, with all of its infrastructure challenges (there's a water shortage and periodic power outages), still tackling plastic waste.
If Michigan modeled a law after California's "on request only" law about plastic straws, I would have used half the straws I did in February.
This experiment isn't about reducing my straw usage, it's just about tracking it. I'm likely on the lower end of straw usage to begin with, but who knows? That's why we conduct experiments.
The 2019 North American International Auto Show featured several materials makers not just whispering to clients and engineers how plastics is a great material of choice, they were screaming it.
After 2018 became the year of the straw, I've decided to track my straw consumption in 2019.
Podcast uncovers the invention of the plastic draw strings inside garbage bags.
Generations aren't that different. There are lazy baby boomers, lazy Gen Xers and yes, lazy millennials. But there are amazingly accomplished and bright members of each generation, too. And we want to find the best of the millennials — and perhaps members of Generation Z.
One of the largest garbage and recycling collectors in the country had a curious message just ahead of Earth Day.
A Planet Money podcast says the plastics industry wins in a contest no one wants to win — the most potential jobs to be impacted by the proposed tariffs.