The two back-to-back episodes have laid bare the state’s vulnerabilities in responding effectively to the subsequent environmental damage ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Plastic storage poses a risk of leaking microplastics into edible items when frozen or microwaved. Here's how you can reduce your exposure.

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of plastic trash. Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully ...

Petersburg City Council member Arnold Westbrook Jr. is pushing for a 5-cent tax on plastic bags to fund city beautification efforts. Westbrook believes the tax could reduce plastic bag pollution ...

See the complicated landscape of plastic bans in the U.S. A new map shows where states have banned plastic—and where states have banned bans on plastic.

JUST IN: Uzodimma sacks Imo Attorney General Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has approved the immediate dismissal of the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, C.O.C ...

Thousands of people living in Kashipur, Makrail, Ramchandrapur, and Naokhola villages along the bank of the Madhumati in Narail’s Lohagara upazila are having sleepless nights as the river’s ...

The National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, launched the Working Group on Flexible Plastic Waste Recycling to boost the Philippines' ...