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NEW ORLEANS — A former employee is suing Laborde Marine alleging he was injured during the course of his employment.

Palo Alto, California began investigating where its recycling goes over four years ago, reports NBC News. The results? Palo Altos best reckoning, today, is that about 40% of its recyclable material stays in North America, where its supposed to be processed according to strict environmental and l...

A bill negotiated by environmentalists, the plastics industry and lawmakers is keeping a California recycling measure off the ballot. The bill sailed through the Assembly on Wednesday night and the

A bill negotiated by environmentalists, the plastics industry and lawmakers is keeping a California recycling measure off the ballot.

The Berkeley City Council Facilities, Infrastructure, Transportation, Environment and Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to discuss the use of produce bags in grocery stores and promote the use of reusable bags. Topics addressed during the meeting include bag usage from a store’s produce section, compostable bags and sellers outside of the grocery industry. In 2014, California legislators passed SB 270, which phased out single-use, carryout plastic bags in stores with specified retail flo...

California is the top exporter of contaminated plastic in the nation, flooding poor countries who lack infrastructure to manage it, confer stakeholders vested in curbing plastic pollution. And the state could be headed for big trouble (not unlike other states, but even more so) as pressure intensifies for policy to end U.S. plastics exports. Yet some of California’s own are among those who are most forcefully pushing to crackdown on shipments leaving their ports.   Assemblymember Cristina Ga...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The family of Rhogena Nicholas, the woman killed in her home during a controversial drug raid by Houston police, says the plan to introduce new findings, according to the familys attorney Michael Patrick Doyle. Nicholas family is set to appear in probate court for a hearing in the case at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18. According to a release by the Doyle LLP and St. Martin & Bourque LLC law firms, "In a ruling Monday, Judge Jerry Simoneaux of Harris County Probate Court ...

Share it In a difficult and eventful year, discussions around zero waste policy have not always taken center stage. The recent National Zero Waste Conference offered signs of where the movement is heading and why participants see many opportunities for change. Originally scheduled by the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) for March in California, the conference was among the first industry events to be affected by the pandemic. The three-day virtual event held in early December also included a ...

Dec 10, 2020 As people attempt to go about their daily routines safely during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the role of plastics has changed once again. Cities and states temporarily lifted their plastic bag bans out of concern for health and hygiene, cafes restricted the use of reusable cups, and take-out orders surged while people sheltered in place. With a surge in the use of personal protective equipment, evidence suggests items such as masks and gloves are ending up as pollution in th...