Three key arguments have come up time and time again during city council’s ongoing debate on whether the city should mandate the use of clear garbage bags. Privacy ...

For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage ...

New rules for NYC residents: Trash must be in bins with secure lids by 2025, and composting is mandatory citywide.

Re: Embracing green bins and clear bags; Op-Ed Jason Setnyk, Seaway News, November 13; “Widely celebrated” by who? Not me. This is just another cash grab. Everyone knows food waste composts so why a ...

“Even a slight reduction in grocery bag use can offset the increased plastic consumption from trash bags,” Che said, suggesting there may be some benefit to these policies even when they’re ...

With tons of plastic leaking into our seas annually, these hard-hitting images show the devastating consequences plastics are having on marine ecosystems around the world.

Trash bags are not the best protection against frost damage, primarily due to their material. Most garbage bags are made out of low-density polyethylene plastic. Placing plastic around your plants ...

(The Hill) — 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 ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...