Nepal, May 31 -- The following is an excerpt from Saabira Chaudhuri's Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic published by Harper Collins. In 2001, the Lucknow Times published an explosive ...

June 22 (Reuters) - Tiny plastic packets known as sachets have allowed companies to tap millions of low-income customers in the developing world but also unleashed a global pollution crisis. A Reuters ...

he price of a single-use instant coffee or shampoo sachet seems cheap. But for the average Indonesian, the true cost is hidden: the consumption of nearly 15 grams of microplastics every month, an ...

A woman has found a shampoo sachet thought to date back more than 40 years washed up on a British beach. The remarkable item was discovered in remarkably good condition near Brighton – raising further ...

'Kirana store earns almost 70 lakh annual profit', says Reddit user; netizens in disbelief (Representational image) Walk into almost any kirana store in India, and you’ll still find them: long, ...

At this point, the world's plastic problem — as well as the Philippines' contribution to it — cannot be denied. Many people have taken it upon themselves to live a more sustainable lifestyle, ...