5,707 pre-industrial plastic pellets collected in recent cleanup in South Carolina.

Single-use plastic can cause major environmental damage, but paper substitutes also have downsides. What if there was a third way?

New analysis by repair advocates underscores need for enforcement, further state progress to ensure people can fix their stuff ...

Allstate’s Arity sells access to millions of drivers’ data to third parties for purposes beyond saving drivers money on their ...

Medical billing errors and improper claim denials have been redefining the financial future of millions of families. These ...

The teabags that were found to release the most microplastics were– perhaps unsurprisingly– the teabags that were made ...

Per the FDA’s announcement, manufacturers have until Jan. 15, 2027 to remove Red No. 3 from foods. For ingested drugs, ...

The Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorney generals of Illinois and Minnesota, are suing Deere for restricting ...

Thanks to dedicated online forums, many people have been able to use crowdsourced, publicly available software to resuscitate otherwise-bricked devices.

BOSTON — To reduce waste and increase recycling, state Sen. Cynthia Creem (Newton) and state Rep. Marjorie Decker (Cambridge) have filed “An Act to Expand the Bottle Bill” for the 2025-26 legislative ...

For the last century, humans have produced man-made “stuff” at such a rate that it now weighs more than all life on earth. When our society produces stuff that causes more harm than good, PIRG takes ...