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.

Albert Heijn has rolled out new reusable bread bags in 600 stores in the Netherlands to reduce the use of plastic in ...

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

A new effort to ban the use of plastic bags has begun in the state Legislature. Rep. Maureen Madden, D-Tannersville, along with fellow Democrat Reps. Tarik Khan, Mandy Steele and Greg Scott, are ...

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

Penang has introduced a daily no-plastic-bag campaign starting today, compelling consumers to use only reusable bags for ...

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