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 ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties ...