Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use ...

Walk into any of the stores operated by the four major supermarket chains serving the Boise area, and near an entrance you’ll find a bin inviting you to drop off plastic store bags and other soft ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." Every week, millions of ...

Shoppers and retailers like the idea of saving the planet. But it seems they like their plastic grocery bags even more. In another setback on the path to eliminating single-use plastic bags, another ...

All plastic bags — including the thicker, reusable versions still common at grocery stores — are banned under new state law aimed at closing loopholes in the state’s longstanding restrictions on ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of ...

For one in three U.S. residents, single-use plastic bags are no longer a cheap and easy ubiquity—and beaches, riverbanks and lakeshores are benefitting. That’s according to research published on June ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...