Over the past decade, many cities and states across the country have passed plastic bag bans and taxes in an effort to curb ...

The University of Vermont College of Agricultural and Life Sciences studied this survey. Professor Qingbin Wang and researchers found that the "use of plastic bags dropped by 91.47%" on a weekly basis ...

Plenty of environmental organizations tout these plastic bag bans put in place by states and municipalities as a success. But data suggests otherwise.

Eight states have banned single-use plastic bags from stores, but the results of the bans have varied.

Now that common grocery store refrain, "paper or plastic," is about to get a whole lot shorter. This spring, all 270 Whole Foods Markets nationwide are bagging the plastic bag, CBS News ...

NYC banned plastic bags in 2020, the same year we exited the fashion industry." That was the year Telfar restructured its ...

Perhaps some retail bag makers will be able to make a case to California that they've made the investments necessary to make their products sustainable. If so, flexible packaging makers should be ...

Plastic bags for retail purchases are banned or taxed in more than 200 municipalities and a dozen countries, from San Francisco to South Africa, Bellingham to Bangladesh.

This problem has to be solved; it has gotten out of hand. Our group, made up of four students from Basalt High School, Bag Colorado Bags, is committed to solving this problem by providing the people ...

A group of retirees in Tucson is transforming plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. These retirees, ...

In the vast sea of plastic bags that fill our world, what is recyclable and is it actually being recycled? Plastic is difficult to escape. Many products are wrapped, sealed and mailed in some sort ...

Plastic bags persist for years in the environment, where they can cause harm to wildlife. Photography by Adri/Shutterstock A drop in the ocean The benefits of the 5p levy are clear, but there’s ...