In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in 2022 at a cost of £7m, while rival Viridor closed ...

California Lawsuit Says Makers of Plastic Bags Lied About Products Being Recyclable SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California ramped up its efforts to curb plastic pollution Friday — suing three ...

A rare water bird has been spotted in a part of Scotland for the first time after a recent influx elsewhere in the country. The glossy ibis is usually an infrequent visitor to the UK and is more ...

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A teenager has received compensation more than a decade after having a piece of plastic left in his knee during an operation. Kumarie was just four years old when a 2cm-long plastic needle cap was ...

Stepping into the floodlit square in Tel Aviv to address crowds celebrating the release of Israeli hostages, Ivanka Trump, once again, looked every inch the polished First Daughter. Yet this return to ...

A suspect has been arrested and charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of Kada Scott, a Philadelphia woman who remains missing. Keon King, 21, was taken into custody on Oct. 14 in connection ...

Four plastic bag makers will pay $1.1 million in penalties to settle a California state investigation into whether they improperly marketed their bags as recyclable, while three more manufacturers ...

“Everyone has an opinion about the way you look, the way you dress, the way your hair is,” Russell tells PEOPLE Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined PEOPLE ...

Police in Philadelphia discovered human remains in their search for Kada Scott, a missing woman who was last seen leaving the nursing home where she worked about two weeks ago. John Stanford, deputy ...

A Scottish civil servant has won £1M in the latest Omaze draw - and now plans to replace his 'rusty old camper' to go travelling. Mark Crawford, 49, who walks five miles to work and back every day, ...