Booming Plastics Industry Faces Backlash as Data About Environmental Harm Grows

Frustrated with plastic waste piling up in its harbor, the city of Charleston, South Carolina, rang in the new year with a ban on single-use plastic containers and utensils. It’s one of hundreds of similar bans now implemented across the U.S. and Europe, amid a growing backlash to an industry that is expanding despite increasing evidence of the harm its products can do.