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A person walks with a bike and an orange DoorDash delivery bag.

Business

DoorDash partners with restaurants in experiment to deliver food in reusable containers

Business

EPA to list microplastics, pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water for first time

Gallons of milk on grocery store shelves.

Food

Recall issued for milk sold in multiple states

A person pushing a shopping cart through a grocery store aisle filled with colorful products.

Business

Chicago suburb moves closer to total ban on single-use plastic bags

A flock of geese flying in a V formation against a clear blue sky with wispy clouds.

Outdoors

Experts warn that geese getting lost on migration route points to bigger issue

A person hands another person a brown paper bag in a restaurant.

Business

Expert shares common mistakes that can ruin local recycling systems

Pears and apples packaged in plastic wrap.

Tech

Researchers test newly designed plastic that could break down in just 13 weeks

A concrete sidewalk covered with fallen leaves, littered with plastic bags and an orange traffic cone.

Outdoors

'Have some decency': Hiker shares photo of overflowing trash bins in Glover Archbold Park

A bright red Coca-Cola advertisement on a building, partially obscured by a wooden fence.

Business

Coca-Cola ordered to pay more than $5 million after violating national food laws

A close-up of a newborn baby's foot with medical tape and an IV catheter attached, lying on a hospital blanket.

Tech

New study links millions of preterm births and thousands of infant deaths to plastic chemicals

A person puts fruits and vegetables in produce bags on a checkout conveyor belt.

Business

Government proposes ban of 14 everyday items that could affect how residents eat, shop

A Gentoo penguin walks on snow, extending its wings.

Outdoors

Researchers find worrying amounts of white plastic inside penguin stomachs