It’s both easy and hard to miss plastic grocery bags—easy because they’re strong, light, free, and they can double as little trash bags once you’ve got them home and emptied out your groceries, and ...

Plastic bag bans and fees have spread across the United States, and new research show they're doing a good job at cutting down on litter, although some rules work better than others. In places where ...

A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on pollution. A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on ...

Two Washington State University economists recommend the state eliminate its ban on single-use plastic bags, incurring the criticism of government regulators. WSU professors Eric Jessup and Jake ...

The amount of plastic from shopping bags has gone up in Washington despite a ban on single-use plastic bags, according to a study prepared for the state. Why it matters: The 2021 ban requiring stores ...

A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on pollution. Credit - Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Shana Novak—Getty Images; natrot via Canva) It’s both ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

(KTLA) – It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...