New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

It's been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

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.

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

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

July 3 is International Plastic Bag Free Day. However, across Delhi, single-use plastic (SUP) bags, including those ...

An emergency incident report was published by Doncaster Free Press after officials at Sandall Park were sent a photo of a ...

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

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

Policies aimed at reducing single-use plastic bags have led to a significant decrease in bags found on shorelines. It turns ...

But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. Plastic bag fees ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from ...