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

Full bans prohibit all single-use plastic bags at checkout, while partial bans primarily target thin, single-use plastic bags ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. That’s the intuitive ...

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

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

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