The study adds weight to less formal analyses of plastic bag bans conducted by advocacy organizations and could inform negotiations later this summer over the United Nations’ global plastics ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

Researchers aimed to incorporate all aspects of an item’s lifecycle. Researchers make surprising discovery about bans on ...

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 en… ...

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.

NEWARK, Del. — When California banned plastic bags in 2016, critics said it wouldn’t make a real difference. Turns out they were wrong. A massive new study tracking nearly half a century of ...

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Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

An out-right ban of plastic bags would require enabling law by the Virginia legislature. Fairfax County implemented its Plastic Bag Tax Ordinance just three years ago, on Jan. 1, 2022.

More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...