A new directive by Gov. Maura Healey banning executive branch agencies from buying single-use plastic bottles has encouraged an environmental group on Cape Cod to push forward on new bans on ...

When a veteran beach clean-up expert noticed a bloom of yellow plastic tubing along Outer Cape strands, she began to ask questions. "I had never seen it before," said Laura Ludwig, manager of the ...

The growing medical and pharmaceutical industries rely on plastic packaging to ensure that equipment remains sterile. Incidences of infections are growing the market for sterile packaged pouches for ...