As a Washington resident, I see plastic pollution every time I go outside. I cannot remember a time in my life when my walks weren’t blighted by plastic. With increasing production, there is now even ...

Paper or plastic? How about neither? For years, we have been asked, in the supermarket, do we prefer a paper or plastic bag for groceries. Now the choice has spread to, of all things, drinking straws.

I applaud Maya Livni's opinion column on curbing plastic pollution. "We can be a plastic-free Milwaukee if we demand action that protects our planet," Nov. 17. Our water, our bodies and Lake Michigan ...

Plastic is a major environmental pollutant with a 5-6% recycling rate. The remaining 95% of plastic waste is either burned in incinerators, shipped to third-world countries or ends up in the ocean, ...

Note from Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson: In a letter to the editor published Sept. 15, reader Michael Federer voiced his objections to Giant Eagle's plan to phase out single-use plastic bags and ...