The Bainbridge Island City Council updated its list of restaurant takeout containers that must be home-compostable at its Nov. 18 meeting. Hot beverage cups and serving tongs did not make the list, ...

Do our “compostable” bags, utensils and containers really return to nature? Hailed as a solution to the plastic problem, a growing number of new materials — marketed as biodegradable, sustainable, ...

Black plastic and foam to-go containers are banned in Minneapolis. Restaurants are still getting up to speed. One in 10 restaurants was out of compliance with the city’s requirement for recyclable or ...

For years, restaurants have been buying expensive compostable takeout packaging, hoping it was a more planet-friendly solution to single-use plastic. Sadly, few cities have the infrastructure to ...

Oceanside businesses and restaurants can no longer distribute styrofoam packaging. The polystyrene foam ban is now in effect. KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen has reactions from local ...

ROSEVILLE, Minn — The City of Roseville has become the latest municipality in Minnesota to enact some form of a ban on plastics in the hope of lowering pollution. The city is going after ...