Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic containers are ending up in landfills and oceans all over the world as more countries stop accepting our recycled goods.

It was not natural. It was the result of microplastics. “I realized at that moment the enormity of the issue, and wanted to do something about the way we consumed," she said. Today she’s the chief ...

Plastic containers are ending up in landfills and oceans all over the world as more countries stop accepting our recycled goods. This is adding up: The average American uses and throws away 110 pounds ...