“Paper or plastic?” It’s probably the single most common question in daily life – a query that can lead to embarrassing indecision, a kind of eco-paralysis that spares neither the planet nor the ...

For many, the biggest decision to make at the grocery story is the very last one — do you want your food packed in paper bags or plastic bags? The stores clearly would rather you go with plastic bags.

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MOST PEOPLE HAVE been annoyed by the sight of plastic shopping bags tangled in trees or have had to swerve around one tumbling down the highway. Many cities and towns view the bags as a major culprit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of "paper or plastic" in checkout lanes. Here, a ...

People who live in and around Columbus can now recycle some single-use plastic, aluminum and paper cups. On Tuesday Rumpke Recycling, which provides curbside service to Columbus and some of its ...

Larry West is an award-winning environmental journalist and writer. He won the Edward J. Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting. The next time the clerk at your favorite grocery store asks whether ...

Packaging designer Ryan Gaither believes in the power of cardboard. He's laid down a massive sheet of it – as big as a king-size bed – at the Swedish-owned BillerudKorsnäs design lab in Portland. He ...

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...

Half a billion straws are used in the United States every day, according to a popular — but perhaps not the most scientific — estimate. The biggest buyer: the federal government, which buys more ...