"Plastic waste has become a very concerning and dangerous problem all around the world," study author Ali Ghodrati, a PhD ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

A new report suggests Washington's 8-cent fee for "reusable" plastic bags isn’t covering the real cost — and the ...

The single-use plastic bag could be an endangered shopping species. The thin plastic bag with handles -- known in the industry as the T-shirt bag -- is under pressure from municipal bag bans and a ...

Charleston County Council will look at making some changes to an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags to extend to thick ...

Washington’s plastic bag ban is making things worse. The state’s own study says we should drop it. That’s right. Drop the ban ...

Cities and towns across Massachusetts started banning plastic bags around 2015, and environmental organizations won’t be happy until residents in all 351 are lugging home groceries in paper or ...

A recommendation from two Washington State University economists that the state end its ban on thinner, single-use plastic ...

Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a ...

Based on the muted reaction, it looked like California Attorney General Rob Bonta took the plastics industry by surprise on Nov. 2 when he challenged plastic bag makers to prove that they aren't ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any ...