Forever Ware's pitch to Namaste Cafe was simple: Use our reusable containers for your customers and cut down on disposable containers going to landfills. So was the answer two years ago from Namaste ...

Funeral homes will no longer be allowed to use disposable chopsticks or paper cups, and packaging boxes for deliveries must ...

When you think about takeout, your biggest concerns might be how greasy the food is or whether you remembered to ask for extra napkins. But new research suggests there may be more to consider than ...

In an effort to become more sustainable, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s has replaced disposable to-go containers with reusable plastic ones at its dining facilities. The reusable hard ...

To the editor: A one-penny tax on disposable plastic to be voted on in 2022 does not leave me optimistic that California will finally get a handle on its trash problem. It seems unfair to pass a tax ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ...

To the editor: Thank you for the editorial on the single-use plastic bottle ban at San Francisco International Airport and the innovative measures designed to reduce inconvenience to travelers. But ...

Starting this semester, reusable takeout boxes at the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Wooley dining halls have replaced disposable ones. The boxes, the product of a new partnership between Brown Dining ...

Starting next year, customers will have to pay a separate "cup fee" when taking beverages in disposable cups from cafes, ...

You’re a responsible human who realizes that plastic is destroying the planet. So you carry a handy metal straw to restaurants and cute canvas totes to the grocery store to avoid using disposable ...