Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

There are much larger, sweeping laws other than a bag fee that impact us. Unseen but there, they shape our behavior.

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

In areas with bag bans and bag fees in place, single-use plastic bags made up a significantly smaller proportion of collected trash compared to areas with no bag policy.

In 2017, what was supposed to be a relaxing day by the sea, turned into an eye-opener for Lisbon and his family. Along with ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

If I'm known for anything, it's my incredible fashion sense. 'Josh!' cries the baying mob, 'tell us where you got that ...

Every year on July 3, people around the world mark International Plastic Bag Free Day, a reminder that a basic item utilised ...