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Want to turn your plastic bottles into something beautiful and useful for your home? This video guides you step-by-step ...
If you've upgraded your coffee machine, you may have a stack of coffee filters left from the old one. Before you toss them, ...
Old milk jugs and pool noodles are standard materials for repurposing, but check out what you can do with items like books ...
In particular, the red-orange Indian paintbrush — the state flower — stands out. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news, and ...
International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025: Know Origin, Date & Significance International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on July 3 to raise awareness about the harmful effects of single ...
Jenna Kowaleski column: Meaningful change is in the (plastic) bag There are much larger, sweeping laws other than a bag fee that impact us. Unseen but there, they shape our behavior.
It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses.
Charging for plastic shopping bags can actually lead to cleaner beaches, study shows The study suggests full bans and fees on plastic bags are more effective than partial bans ...
A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...
Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.