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

Discarded shopping bags and spent milk bottles could be given a second life by becoming part of critical infrastructure, new ...

"Bottom-up" advocacy made the ban stick. Researchers discover surprising results of plastic shopping bag ban — here's what's ...

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

That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a ...

Aldi has decided to discontinue the sale of plastic shopping bags at all of its more than 2,300 grocery stores across the United States.

New Jersey lawmakers touted their bag ban when enacted. A new study, however, finds that bag ban has been followed by an increased use of plastic and higher emissions.

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

With a huge grocery chain like Kroger announcing a phaseout of plastic shopping bags, we may finally be turning a corner to a more European, and even Asian, style of shopping totes.

Reusable bags created new problem for sustainability MIAMI - The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it's definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in place in ...