Lagos has begun enforcing its ban on single-use plastics. Here’s what’s banned, what’s exempted, and why it matters.

Coca-Cola is helping to clean up the mess it's made by building a site to collect and recycle PET plastic bottles in Papua ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

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

Only single-use and non-recyclable plastics will be targetted under the forthcoming plastic ban, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has clarified. Not all plastic products will be targetted, ...

A new study finds that regional plastic bag bans in the U.S. significantly reduce coastal plastic bag litter compared with ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

Consider this: of the 172 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in Bhutan, plastics constitute roughly 36 percent, with over 13 percent of plastic waste contaminating riparian soils along the ...

Decades of plastic ban in the country has failed to curb plastic use, not for lack of effort but due to regulatory gaps and insufficient data-driven strategies, stakeholders warned at a policy ...

They will be included in the plastic bag ban starting in January 2027. Twelve states have some form of statewide ban on plastic bags. California also recently updated its plastic bag ban to ...

Dubai imposed a ban on single-use plastic bags and implemented 25 fils tariff from January 1, 2024. It covered stirrers, food containers, table covers, cotton swabs, straws and single-use cups.

(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania could soon join a growing list of states banning single-use plastic bags. While legislators work out the details of a statewide ban, the groundwork is being ...