The sale of plastic bags has risen in Britain for the first time since the ‘bag ban’ was brought in in 2015. Last year, 437 million plastic bags were sold to shoppers, a rise of 7% from the 407 ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Over the past decade, many cities and states across the country have passed plastic bag bans and taxes in an effort to curb plastic pollution. While it still may be too early to gather definitive data ...

California is nearing the start date of a sweeping single-use plastics ban that aims to greatly diminish the amount of plastic pollution in the state. Starting on Jan. 1, Senate Bill 1053 will take ...

Dumping of plastic carrier bags remains the most prevalent environmental offence reported to regulators, highlighting persistent compliance gaps that continue to raise environmental, social, and ...

"Are you taking a bag?" It's a question shoppers hear at tills all over the country every day, but the levy attached to taking a bag is under scrutiny. Where does it go? South Africa’s plastic bag ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California ramped up its efforts to curb plastic pollution Friday — suing three plastic-bag makers, alleging the companies falsely claimed their products were recyclable.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Environmentalists in Virginia Beach are calling for the city to enforce a fee on single-use plastic bags in hopes of encouraging more reusable bag use. "It really is pretty ...

To The Reader’s Forum: The P-J recently editorialized in support of “recycling” in response to how New York should deal with the growing, and already enormous problem of plastic bag pollution. Absent ...