It happens many times a day, in kitchens, stores and offices across America: the argument about whether or not a particular plastic package can go into the recycling bin. "I have this argument with my ...

Walmart announced this morning it will be reducing plastic across its e-commerce operations in a number of ways, including shifting from plastic mailers to recyclable paper bag mailers and allowing ...

The retailer currently operates more than 4,700 Walmart stores in the U.S. Several VERIFY readers, including Thelma, asked if Walmart is really going bagless in all of its U.S. stores. Walmart does ...

(NEXSTAR) – Paper? Plastic? Or none of the above? This month, Walmart locations in three states eliminated single-use plastic and paper bags at checkout, as part of a move designed to encourage ...

Walmart does not expect to meet its 2025 plastic packaging reduction and recyclability targets, the retailer revealed in an update published Feb. 28. This follows Walmart saying at the end of 2024 it ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

Walmart announced new sustainability goals on Wednesday, including a commitment to reduce the company’s use of new plastic by 15 percent by 2025. The company said in a press release that it intends to ...

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Walmart’s decision to stop using single-use plastic bags in many of its stores. One person even pointed out that the chain began selling shopping baskets ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Starting this week, Oregon and Washington State Walmart stores no longer provide single-use plastic bags. Walmart said the decision was made in an effort to eliminate waste by ...

Pua Lay Peng lives on the front lines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old's hometown of Jenjarom, Malaysia has been transformed in recent years by thousands of tons of imported ...