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

Hongkongers will pay HK$1 (12 US cents) for each plastic bag they take at supermarkets and wet markets from next week. The charge is aimed at cutting down waste, and it is doubling in its first ...

The supermarket chain Morrisons is raising the price of its reusable plastic bags from 10p to 15p as a trial and introducing a 20p paper version. The paper bags will be available in eight stores ...