California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

Plastic bag bans and fees have spread across the United States, and new research show they're doing a good job at cutting down on litter, although some rules work better than others. In places where ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Earthnest is a Business Reporter client. EARTHNEST has the answer to the plastic bags problem. We are polluting our planet with five trillion plastic shopping bags a year. Plastic waste seems to be ...