Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

Every year on July 3, people around the world mark International Plastic Bag Free Day, a reminder that a basic item utilised ...

The use and sale of plastic shopping bags continue unabated across Hyderabad despite a province-wide ban imposed by the Sindh ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

It is time to think of alternate materials as the third phase of the ban on plastic shopping bags comes into force on Tuesday ...

Local laws enforcing bans or fees for plastic shopping bags are associated with a 25 to 47 percent decrease in plastic bag litter found during shoreline cleanups, according to a new study in the ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...

Don't toss those mesh produce bags! Discover 16 clever ways to repurpose them around your home - from organizing to cleaning ...

There are much larger, sweeping laws other than a bag fee that impact us. Unseen but there, they shape our behavior.