As a Washington resident, I see plastic pollution every time I go outside. I cannot remember a time in my life when my walks weren’t blighted by plastic. With increasing production, there is now even ...

I applaud Maya Livni's opinion column on curbing plastic pollution. "We can be a plastic-free Milwaukee if we demand action that protects our planet," Nov. 17. Our water, our bodies and Lake Michigan ...

The plastic bag ban has finally gone into effect in our state. Those plastic grocery bags were way too common and numerous, for sure. However, many people used them at home to line wastebaskets and to ...

Plastic is a major environmental pollutant with a 5-6% recycling rate. The remaining 95% of plastic waste is either burned in incinerators, shipped to third-world countries or ends up in the ocean, ...