Connecticut has eliminated billions of plastic bags from the economy and ecosystem with a ban on single-use bags. But what do ...

Plastic bags were banned while I was going to college in New York City, so the collection started back then and has spiraled ...

Whole Foods Market has ended its bring-your-own-bag refund program after nearly two decades, the specialty grocery confirmed ...

Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban single-use checkout bags statewide and allow only recycled paper bags.

With strict reporting rules in place, the EU is monitoring the impact of these measures and considering further action to ...

As convenient as they may be, plastic shopping bags are very destructive to the environment and Georgia is looking to solve the problem.

Since New York’s ban on the distribution of single-use plastic bags took effect five years ago, Francisco Marte, who owns five bodegas in the Bronx with his brothers, has been conflicted about how to ...

Senate Bill 551 would ban thicker "reusable" plastic bags and restrict single-use plastics in restaurants and hotels. Senate Bill 526 would require new washing machines to have microfiber filters to ...

BUTTERWORTH: Penang has introduced a daily no-plastic-bag campaign starting on Saturday (March 1), compelling consumers to ...

Wake Forest ends loose leaf collection, requires compostable yard waste bags or reusable containers from March 17.

Going without plastic bags appears to be easy-peasy for Penangites, who are accustomed to keeping reusable cloth bags at home ...