Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

While a January 2024 study shows that similar bans across the country have cut single-use plastic bag consumption significantly, many reusable shopping bag options are not particularly sustainable.

Plus, New Zealand became the first nation to ban both plastic shopping bags and plastic produce bags. As for the California legislation, "we've known for a long time that plastic bags create ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

ST JOHNS, Fla. — A whale’s chances of living were greatly reduced because of a plastic bag found inside its stomach. A dwarf sperm whale calf stranded on a St. Johns County beach in September.

ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — Shoppers in Montgomery County may no longer have the option to use plastic bags in the future. New legislation introduced this past week would ban all plastic bags.

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Across the EU in 2022, each person used on average 66.6 lightweight plastic carrier bags.This marked a decrease of 10.8 bags (-14 per cent) per person compared with 2021. In total, 29.8 billion ...

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 ...

I sort my daily pills, put one day’s worth in the bottom of a plastic bag, tie a knot firmly, add another day’s worth, and keep repeating until I use up the bag. Each morning, I snip off the ...

On Thursday, the St. Johns County Beach Services announced a large plastic bag was discovered in the main stomach of the young whale and it had to be euthanized due to its condition. "Plastic has ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...