Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the planet today, and single-use plastic bags are a major contributor. They often end up in landfills, clog drains, and ...

Full bans prohibit all single-use plastic bags at checkout, while partial bans primarily target thin, single-use plastic bags ...

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 ...

Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste ...

But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. Plastic bag fees ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

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

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

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

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

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