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Single-use plastic
Keeping a diary of plastic use can be "a little horrifying"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Livi Burdette
Aug 22, 2023
What a reporter learned by cataloging all the plastic products around her.
"Refilleries" give consumers a way to reuse plastic bottles and cut waste
by
Emily Jones
Jun 13, 2022
Businesses are reviving an old model to reduce single-use plastic in an effort to curb plastic pollution and fight climate change.
The highs and lows of making in-demand pandemic products
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 1, 2021
Clear plastic barriers to protect workers are everywhere now. What does that mean for companies that make them?
Tiny bottles of shampoo and conditioner are disappearing from hotel rooms
by
Nova Safo
Dec 23, 2019
It's part of a bid for improved sustainability.
Would you miss tiny bottles of shampoo in hotel bathrooms?
by
Nova Safo
Nov 25, 2019
Major hotel brands are promising to get rid of one of the most recognizable elements of the hotel experience: tiny bottles of shampoo.
The single-use plastic pollution problem
Apr 22, 2019
This Earth Day, let’s do the numbers on single-plastic use.