The adoption of reusable bags has been widely advocated as a strategy to combat the environmental impacts of single-use ...

Many people forget to bring their reusable bags on their weekly supermarket trip, and end up having to buy more bags at the till, she says. This will have a much bigger environmental impact ...

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

Efforts to reduce plastic waste by banning free grocery bags may have unintended consequences, according to a new study.

it would be one less bag every five trips to break even in terms of environmental impact. burlap bag Bans on free plastic ...

The researchers compared these negative spillover effects to a previous study in California, which found that a nominal ...

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) wants retailers to provide free bags to customers. The CPC said in a release to the ...