India is set to impose a nationwide ban on plastic bags, cups and straws on October 2, officials said, in its most sweeping measure yet to stamp out single-use plastics from cities and villages ...

Throwaway plastic plates, cutlery and polystyrene cups will be banned under government plans to ramp up the war on plastic pollution. In a major victory for the Daily Mail's campaign to tackle ...

Coffee cups are being grown from fruit by a design company in a bid to cut down on plastic waste. They are made from gourds, a large fruit with a hard skin in the pumpkin family, using custom ...

The European Union is taking the lead in saving the world. The EU parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, plastic cotton swabs, straws, and coffee stirrers as part of a sweeping ...

The writing is also on the wall for plastic cups, plates and heavyweight plastic shopping bags, with Environment Minister Matt Kean saying the government plans to phase out all single-use plastics ...