A new study suggests plastic debris like shopping bags bear remarkably similar “echoes” to those of squid—likely due to some combination of their shape, size, degree of weathering ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores from ...

It used to be, “Paper or plastic?” but now in Colorado, it’s “How many bags do you want to purchase ... Aurora uses the funds for its shopping cart clean-up initiative and future ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

An audit shows supermarket customers are charged less for plastic-wrapped produce more than 70 per cent of the time, and ...

EU member states have taken progressive steps over the past decade to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags, including imposing additional charges or levies and promoting the adoption of ...

A supermarket in Choa Chu Kang could not provide plastic bags to customers, even those willing to pay for them, which caused some of them to walk out without buying what they intended to purchase.

Each bag has been upcycled from 12 cotton shirts to craft the canvas exterior, plus six plastic bottles for the expansive lining. It features two adjustable shoulder straps, a slim laptop pocket ...

which found that a nominal plastic bag fee led many consumers to grab plastic produce bags to use for other items. California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores ...

The AMCS Unwrapped 2024 report ranked Woolworths as the best of the big four supermarket chains for reducing plastic waste, and Metcash, a wholesale ... 220 million shopping bags out of ...