The study revealed that the behaviors prompted by the plastic bag regulations persisted even after the rules were no longer ...

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Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed.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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The responsibility now lies with retailers, who are expected to not increase plastic bag marketing, and with consumers, who have “largely adopted the habit of carrying their own bags.” Although Sweden ...