Plastic

This is an encore presentation.The Imperiled Ocean is an exploration of the earth's last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories that explore a…

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

Earlier this fall, San Francisco International Airport banned the sale of plastic water bottles. SFO is instead stocking its shelves with alternatives:…

Tens of millions of tons of plastic is tossed into landfills across the U.S. every year – some because it can’t be recycled and others that were just…

This month the City of Boise asked the community to take action and join the plastics challenge: to give up one disposable plastics item. That could be…

If you live in Boise and are running out of orange recycle bags, the city is changing the way you can get them. Boise rolled out the orange bag program in…

It’s been almost a year since Boise began sending hard-to-recycle plastics to a facility in Salt Lake. The plastics that can go in the orange bags are…

The holidays are a time of delicious treats and gifts. But it’s also a time for plastic waste, whether it’s the wrapper on a Christmas cookie or the…

Oliver Russell owns and operates PlasticWorks, a community recycling facility that processes products other recyclers wouldn't. Idaho Matters looks at the…

When China put a ban on plastics at the beginning of the year, it sent shockwaves through the global recycling market. Cities across Idaho and the country…