/tags/plastic plastic en-US Copyright Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:41:46 GMT /2025-04-14/youngs-switches-to-plastic-eggs-for-annual-easter-egg-hunt-citing-supply-and-costs For its 42nd annual Easter egg hunt, Young's Jersey Dairy, located in Yellow Springs, will use 10,000 plastic eggs with coupons for visitors instead of it's typical use of real, cooked eggs. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 23:41:46 GMT /2025-04-14/youngs-switches-to-plastic-eggs-for-annual-easter-egg-hunt-citing-supply-and-costs Shay Frank /2025-02-26/scientists-want-to-monitor-microplastics-in-the-great-lakes-heres-why-it-matters Microplastics litter the water of all five Great Lakes, but there’s no coordinated, region-wide effort to monitor plastic pollution. A board of scientists is recommending a solution. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:15:00 GMT /2025-02-26/scientists-want-to-monitor-microplastics-in-the-great-lakes-heres-why-it-matters Erin Gottsacker /news-partners/2020-12-22/big-oil-evaded-regulation-and-plastic-pellets-kept-spilling Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public. Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-22/big-oil-evaded-regulation-and-plastic-pellets-kept-spilling Laura Sullivan /news-partners/2020-09-11/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale. Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-09-11/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled Laura Sullivan /news-partners/2020-08-20/the-atlantic-is-awash-with-far-more-plastic-than-previously-thought-study-finds A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals. Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:27:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-08-20/the-atlantic-is-awash-with-far-more-plastic-than-previously-thought-study-finds Rebecca Hersher /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river When the petrochemical plant being built by Shell Chemical Appalachia in Beaver County is complete, it's anticipated to bring 600 jobs as well as spinoff… Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:15:57 GMT /news/2019-12-18/what-are-nurdles-and-why-are-they-threatening-the-ohio-river Julie Grant /news/2019-12-12/ohio-house-passes-ban-on-local-plastic-bag-bans Voting mostly along party lines, the Ohio House has passed a bill banning local communities from restricting the use of plastic bags, sending it on to the… Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:03:48 GMT /news/2019-12-12/ohio-house-passes-ban-on-local-plastic-bag-bans Karen Kasler /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind The R.E. Burger coal-fired power plant’s final day ended, appropriately enough, in a cloud of black smoke and dust. From 1944 to 2011, the plant generated… Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:37:10 GMT /news/2019-12-06/as-petrochemical-industry-extends-along-ohio-river-pollution-follows-close-behind Sharon Kelly /news/2019-12-05/gov-dewine-says-banning-local-plastic-bag-bans-would-be-a-mistake Ohio lawmakers are considering a pair of Republican-backed bills that would toss out current and future bans on single-use plastic bags passed by local… Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:46:28 GMT /news/2019-12-05/gov-dewine-says-banning-local-plastic-bag-bans-would-be-a-mistake Karen Kasler /news-partners/2019-08-20/u-s-recycling-industry-is-struggling-to-figure-out-a-future-without-china China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:27:00 GMT /news-partners/2019-08-20/u-s-recycling-industry-is-struggling-to-figure-out-a-future-without-china Christopher Joyce