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A new plastic reduction policy went into effect in Goleta today. It regulates single-use plastic items, Styrofoam and foil balloons.

The City of San Luis Obispo says its plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2035 is on track.

A new California law is now in effect that aims to reduce plastic packaging by 2032. A Cal Poly SLO professor who studies packaging says that while plastics are a huge environmental issue, the new law could help address them at the local level.

Santa Barbara officials decided this week to join other cities like San Luis Obispo in banning plastic straws and polystyrene. Most in attendance at…

A study published Monday out of UC Santa Barbara shows the vast majority of seabirds have eaten plastic at some point in their lives and currently have…

A study published Thursday in the journal Science takes at look a just how much plastic waste is collecting in the world's oceans.An estimated 8 million…

Broadcast date: 8/13/14Scientists at UC Santa Barbara are on the verge of creating a plastic that repairs itself when exposed to wet conditions.…