In late October, a rare Gervais’ beaked whale washed up on a North Carolina beach. The 11-foot marine mammal had swallowed a plastic balloon, which obstructed its digestive passage, a dire situation.

Two weeks after historic flooding overtook Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee, investigations are continuing into the company that was unknown to many until at least five of its employees were killed ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — Impact Plastics, a Unicoi County-based company in Erwin, is being investigated by both the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WCYB) — Six employees from Impact Plastics are confirmed missing or dead by the Tennessee Department of Health after being swept away in the severe flooding. Some families who lost loved ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)—Gerald O’Connor, President and CEO of Impact Plastics, released a preliminary internal review of events and a video on Thursday night related to the Sept. 27 flood at the Riverview ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Impact Plastics and its CEO have responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a worker who was swept away during flooding from Hurricane Helene. The lawsuit was ...

ERWIN, Tenn. (WCYB) — Impact Plastics responded to a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit it is facing in Unicoi County this week. In the lawsuit, the daughter of Johnny Peterson alleges several ...

ERWIN, Tenn. — Attorneys for Impact Plastics filed a response to a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit brought on by the family of worker Johnny Peterson, who died in flooding brought on by Hurricane ...

It takes more than 1,000 years for plastic to decompose. Every plastic bottle, straw and container ever thrown away is still intact and somewhere on earth. The plastic problem affects every part of ...