Thailand produces two million tons of plastic waste a year but started limiting single-use plastic before the pandemic, asking major retailers to stop handing out bags for free. Photo: AFP Bangkok -- ...

Negotiators hope to reach the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but across five very different countries, ...

“Plastic is easy, convenient and cheap,” said 44-year-old owner Watchararas ... asking major retailers to stop handing out bags for free. But the policy has largely fallen by the wayside ...

Steamed layer cakes -- green with pandan leaf or blue with butterfly pea -- sit in clear plastic bags alongside rows of ... "Plastic is easy, convenient and cheap," said 44-year-old owner ...

You can never have too many Ziploc bags in the house — and there’s an easy way to double your supply without spending a cent. A clever content creator recently shared a hack for multiplying your stash ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles ... Polyolefins are cheap, and they have good ...

K KStock – stock.adobe.com In a TikTok video posted by @that40yearguy, viewers can see that the hack involves cutting the plastic bag in half vertically — but that’s only part of the process.