All bags — plastic, paper or reusable — come with environmental tradeoffs. But bag fees are the sole legislative tool ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to transform plastic carrier bags, a significant form of plastic pollution, into a tough, flexible fabric-like sheet using easily accessible techniques that require ...

The Center for the Circular Economy, in work supported by CVS and Target, is out with a new study that says smart plastic bag ...

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

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of plastic trash. Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully ...

Researchers aimed to incorporate all aspects of an item’s lifecycle. Researchers make surprising discovery about bans on ...

A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

Plastic storage poses a risk of leaking microplastics into edible items when frozen or microwaved. Here's how you can reduce your exposure.

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...