Efforts to reduce plastic waste by banning free grocery bags may have unintended consequences, according to a new study.

I was recently down in the USA, down there they put your groceries in clean sanitary plastic bags at no charge and if you buy ...

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Getty Images / SDI Productions Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to ...

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can ...

The phrase “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” always rubbed me the wrong way. So judgy. And yet, that’s what comes to mind when I consider the 2014 California ban on single-use ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in ...

California’s plastic grocery bag waste actually increased after the first ban went into effect, according to the state’s ...

When two Texas cities prohibited stores from giving away plastic grocery bags for free, the sale of such bags surged in response, according to the study, published in the Journal of Marketing ...