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After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

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This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

People who drink bottled water every day ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles per year than people who drink tap water, according to a new study. Lead author Sarah Sajedi warns that plastic bottl ...

Sophia Garcia’s favorite thing about Cal football games is talking trash — literally. The UC Berkeley sophomore works on the Cal Zero Waste staff, which launched an effort to swap out single-use cups ...

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

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