Chances are sushi aficionados have left a restaurant take-out in tow and with a handful of adorable, but environmentally ...

In 2011, the Plastic Free Foundation began Plastic Free July, a monthlong challenge to reduce plastic waste. In just 12 years, what started as a small campaign in Western Australia in 2011 has become ...

Tips for Getting Started on a Plastic-Free Life More and more stores are banning plastic bags (by "banning" we mean charging for them too). If you want to help the planet and also save yourself the ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Including cast iron skillets, wooden cooking utensils, and more Toni Sutton has been a shopping writer at PEOPLE since 2022 and brings ...

Plastic can feel impossible to avoid at the grocery store, from packaging on produce to single-use bags at checkout. Every trip resulted in a mound of plastic on my counter when I got home this year, ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

Maybe you’ve done dry January — the trend that originated in the United Kingdom of cutting out alcohol for the first month of the year. Maybe this is the year to try Plastic Free July. The idea took ...

As we all strive to live more sustainably, hidden plastics are a big concern. Many traditional tea bags contain polypropylene, a sealing plastic, which means they can't be recycled. However, an ...

Sometimes, it feels like our society is just starting to figure out that plastic isn't great and that eliminating single-use plastic should be the goal. Like, really—all plastic is pretty terrible. It ...