The recent analysis included an in-depth examination of New Jersey's complete ban on single-use shopping bags as well as a ...

More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags ...

Policies that ban or impose fees on plastic bags are associated with a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bag litter in shoreline cleanups, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from ...

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

A popular plastic bag maker was hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging that its bags contain harmful chemicals. A consumer alleged that Ziploc bags’ primary selling points, that they are ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the ...

But Costco’s attempt to save money by doing away with the hard plastic containers is causing unwanted consequences. “These new bags leak!!” a Costco customer wrote on Reddit earlier this month.

Ban on plastic checkout bags begins in Colorado in January Single-use carryout plastic bags will be going away at the checkout counters of most places Coloradans buy groceries next Monday ...

Other countries adapted to reusable bags years ago. But in California, where single-use grocery bags are banned, stores still push the thicker plastic bags on shoppers.

MOM's Organic Market in Paramus no longer provided single-use plastic carryout bags or paper bags for their customers as part of the bag ban in New Jersey which began Wednesday, May 4, 2022.