Plastic pollution is a severe environmental issue, especially affecting our oceans. Each year, millions of tons of plastic ...

They're in makeup, groceries, our water, and our bodies. As we celebrate Earth Month, Jessica Oley joined Eyewitness News for a conversation about the tiny plastic particles that we inhale, eat, and ...

The management of Impact Plastics acted reasonably and gave employees enough time to leave safely on the day Hurricane Helene ...

Attorneys representing families of the Impact Plastics employees and contractor who died strongly disagreed with the findings ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — A lawyer representing at least one of the families of an Impact Plastic employee who was killed in the floodwaters of the Nolichucky River after Hurricane Helene said they ...

Several employees told Knox News plant management would not let them leave the facility until it was too late. Impact Plastics managers gave employees enough time to escape rising floodwaters from ...

TOSHA said the company "exercised reasonable diligence" on the day of the flooding and told employees to leave the work site before the flooding intensified.

The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a report on Wednesday, stating that the deaths of the employees of Impact Plastics during..

The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) ruled that Impact Plastics Inc. is not responsible for the deaths of six factory workers who died on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in the ...

In a craven attempt to shield the company from accountability, TOSHA concluded that the drowning deaths of six trapped ...