Most people agree that climate change is a major concern that requires action, fast. What most people don’t realize: plastic warms the planet twice as much as aviation. So why does the distribution of ...

Someone gave my 3-year-old son a blanket as a gift. It wasn't the sort of thing I would normally buy - snow-white faux fur is sub-ideal for toddler purposes - but I hate to let things go to waste. I ...

This column originally appeared in the Table Hopping newsletter, delivered free via email on Monday and Thursday afternoons. Sign up now. The blades on Nancy Tudor’s quixotic windmills are in the ...

Where do you recycle plastic stuff like sandwich bags, Saran wrap and plastic grocery store wrappers? Can they just go in with other plastics in the recycling bin? There never seems to be any ...

Plastic filled our lives during the pandemic, littering our world with N95 masks, take-out containers, and single-use grocery bags. While the world was fixated on the global health crisis, the plastic ...

In Paris, an island of elite fromageries and parfumeries, my favorite type of shop is simply the droguerie, the hardware or general store. Namely, these are drogueries in the tony Left Bank and hip ...

In an effort to reduce plastic waste, Hoboken aims to ban restaurants from handing out single-use items, like plastic utensils and condiment packets, in deliveries unless a customer specifically ...

It’s all around us, despite its adverse effects on the planet. In a 24-hour experiment, one journalist tried to go plastic free. To avoid sitting on plastic, the writer brought a wooden chair to the ...

The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do Microplastics have been found almost everywhere: in blood, placentas, lungs – even the human ...

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