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

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...

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

Gently used reusable bags are collected, sanitized, and distributed to food banks, pantries, and directly to residents in ...

The main finding is that these plastic bag policies are effective in limiting, although not eliminating, plastic bag litter ...

This shift highlights the global struggle to manage plastic waste as the U.S. recycles less than 10% of its plastic. The ban ...