Birthday parties and graduations are occasions when people celebrate with balloons, often releasing them into the sky with gusto. But what happens to those plastic balloons once they deflate?

He says the issue of plastics in the environment is bigger than balloons and straws. “Plastic is a petroleum-based product, plastic production is inherently linked to climate change. If we want ...

The Environment Ministry has launched a public consultation on proposed regulations that would ban the release of plastic ...