It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the thicker, ...

And under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last year, the thicker plastic bags were required to be phased out anyway at all ...

An adult male bottlenose dolphin died after swallowing a knotted plastic bag that blocked its digestive system, marine ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — A dolphin found stranded along a Florida beach had a stomach full of trash, including part of a rubber balloon and two plastic bags, wildlife officials said. Researchers with ...

California is suing four plastic-bag makers after falsely claiming their products were recyclable. Video Above: Plastic ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — An investigation is underway after a black bear was found dead inside a plastic bag in Arlington, Virginia. According to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (AWLA), animal ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

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I began my vigil about mid-February. Each day, when I made my trek from Minden to Kearney and back, I would strain my eyes to get a glimpse of their arrival. Then, it happened. After all these years, ...

A volunteer group of retirees is constructing and providing sleeping mats made out of recycled plastic bags for unhoused folks in Tucson, Arizona. According to News 4 Tucson, the "Mat Makers," as the ...