Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put to the ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

While a January 2024 study shows that similar bans across the country have cut single-use plastic bag consumption significantly, many reusable shopping bag options are not particularly sustainable.

According to CalRecycle, the amount of grocery and merchandise bags disposed of by Californians grew from 157,385 tons of ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished ... and consume less one-time use plastic or paper products,” said Hai Che, an associate professor ...