Though the plastic is recyclable, most recycling centers don’t accept small plastic shopping bags because they clog sorting machines. As a result, the bags wind up in landfills or, worse ...

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. There are growing calls to ban plastic bags that ...

If Bozeman residents approve the proposed ordinance this week, theirs will be the only locality in Montana to impose a prohibition on plastic shopping bags and styrofoam. BPO proponents tout it as ...

The Denver City Council passed the law to implement the 10-cent fee on single-use plastic bags in late 2019. It took effect on July 1, 2021. The state bag fee rules exempt small businesses with ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

Plus, New Zealand became the first nation to ban both plastic shopping bags and plastic produce bags. As for the California legislation, "we've known for a long time that plastic bags create ...

Bring your own reusable shopping bags, coffee cups, and water bottles. These small choices can significantly reduce plastic ...

Learn more about the art of shopping at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Watch Artist Aymar Ccopacatty, National Museum of the American Indian Artist Leadership Program participant, show ...

While the letter of the law stipulated that bags of any kind containing plastic, including reusable shopping bags ... Researchers found that small trash bag sales simply increased dramatically ...

Japan's campaign to get customers to sack the use of plastic shopping bags by making stores charge for them is working, an Environment Ministry survey showed. During a single week, 72 percent of ...

The fee for plastic shopping bags in England will be doubled to 10p and extended to all shops from April 2021. Small retailers - those employing 250 people or fewer - will no longer be exempt ...