A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly increased the number of microplastic particles in the beverages.

It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic. It's a ...

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From the environmental impact to the presence of PFAS, plastic food and beverage containers have come under close consumer scrutiny in recent years. Now, a study from Jinan University in China is ...

Plastic waste is a huge environmental issue and also a potential health concern because of related pollution with microplastics and nano-plastics. Around 90% of the plastic that is theoretically ...

The bottled water industry is a juggernaut. More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the industry shows no sign of slowing down, according to a new report.

correctionA previous version of this article misstated the date that a plastic bag charge went into effect in Fairfax and Arlington counties and in the city of Alexandria. The charge went into effect ...

It's the height of summer, and for many Americans, that means scorching cars and forgotten plastic water bottles rolling around under the seats. But before you take a sip out of one of those, you ...