As governments move to ban plastic grocery bags, how much of an impact do they have on the world around us? The answer is both surprising and substantial.

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on pollution. A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on ...

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 ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

The Elgin City Council has deferred more discussion on an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags to get more business feedback.

Plastic bag bans and fees have spread across the United States, and new research show they're doing a good job at cutting down on litter, although some rules work better than others. In places where ...

My fellow Buffalo Audubon Society board member, Allen Ernst, recently called my attention to a Web posting about plastic bags. I consider this a very important issue, so I collected additional ...