Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Pack a bag or pay up: Some plastic bag bans appear to be working. ... The data isn't fully clear because plastic bags aren't the only thing that causes entanglement, they said.

Simply using your food packaging in the manner it's supposed to be used is enough to contaminate your comestibles with a ...

Researchers systematically mapped the evidence on micro-, meso-, and nanoplastics migrating from plastic food-contact ...

Despite the clear scientific evidence that plastic bag bans do more harm than good, New Jersey issued a ban on single-use plastic bags in 2022. The results were predictable.

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that ...