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

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

Plastic waste is a growing issue worldwide. According to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) a truck load of plastic ...

International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on July 3 to raise awareness about the harmful effects of single-use plastic bags on the environment. The day aims to encourage people ...

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

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most severe environmental crises globally, with single-use plastic bags ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

A river plastic waste sorting facility along Sungai Klang, Selangor, was officially unveiled on Wednesday (July 2) in efforts ...

The Colorado-based nonprofit has partnered with rePurpose Global to remove 250,000 pounds of plastic for Plastic Free July.

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...