Countless discarded bags float on the canal running through Minh Khai village, whose narrow streets are clogged with tall ...

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

For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with garbage straight onto the sidewalk. Now many are having to adjust to putting their ...

When the bags inevitably leak or break open, they spill litter into the street, providing smorgasbords for rats. In the ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment can continue to influence behaviors even after they are repealed — and sometimes in ways that counteract the original goals of the policies. This is the ...

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 ...

So I purchased non-packed fruits and veggies as ... my plastic waste nearly filled a 15-liter garbage bag. The experiment showed that plastic consumption can be dramatically slashed if one ...

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 ...