Banning plastic grocery bags ... risks increasing the use of alternatives that end up doing even more environmental damage, ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, thicker plastic bags labeled "reusable" have been introduced following ... onus on the corporations that have profited from plastic and their role in plastic pollution. Supermarkets and the ...

Plastic waste is recognized as a major cause of environmental harm, with products like water bottles, plastic bags and ...

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

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace ...

New Mexicans use at least 330 million plastic bags every year, according to the state Environment Department and New Mexico Recycling Coalition, but they don’t always throw them away properly. Plastic ...

Apparently it might not have been the last straw. Or plastic bag, for that matter. Just months away from New Jersey reaching three years of banning single-use plastic bags in most stores and paper ...

Ranchi: Single-use plastic bags continue to be used with impunity across the state capital, three years after the ban was ...

Aya NaderThe Egyptian government issued a decision to classify plastic shopping bags as products subject to the Extended ...