You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that ...
As the world observes World Environment Day 2026, efforts to combat plastic pollution remain at the forefront of ...
Experts explain why plastic bags can’t go in household recycling and how to dispose of them responsibly instead. Plastic bags ...
From Beaufort, South Carolina to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and from Jefferson City to Providence, a familiar policy script is ...
Nine years ago California banned grocery stores from giving out flimsy single-use plastic grocery bags, the first state to do so. And the law has been facing obstacles ever since. Days after it passed ...
Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 ...
Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.
State Senator Becca Rausch (right) with Senate President Karen Spilka on Thursday. The Massachusetts Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would ban single-use plastic shopping bags at retail ...
Some years ago we banned thin plastic bags because they strangle turtles and turn into a microplastic mess in our ocean. Now we get charged eight cents for each bag if we don’t remember to bring our ...