Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
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 ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – They seem to end up in just about anywhere. “They just pop up everywhere and they can blow in the winds like little ghosts, or get buried in the sand,” said Robert Fanney of ...
DARE COUNTY, NC (WVEC) -- Plastic bags could come back to stores in the Outer Banks. Representative Beverly Boswell, a first-year Republican from Dare County, has filed a bill calling for a repeal of ...
In 2009, the Outer Banks became the first place in North Carolina, and one of the first places in the country, to ban single-use plastic bags. It didn’t last. The ban was the brainchild of Democrat ...
In 2009, the Outer Banks became the first place in North Carolina, and one of the first places in the country, to ban single-use plastic bags. It didn’t last. The ban was the brainchild of Democrat ...