California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

Photo by Marcy Stamper The number of plastic bags used by shoppers has dropped since the state imposed a fee, but the amount ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...

I will avoid saying which fast food place double plastic bagged the deli sandwich I ordered for carry out, tried to give me a separate plastic bag for napkins and plastic utensils and gave me another ...

Even if you make every effort to use a reusable grocery bag, we will all inevitably shop without it at least once — and take home a plastic shopping bag along with our wares. These things add up ...

On January 1st, 2026, the statewide minimum fees for plastic film carry-out bags will increase from 8 cents to 12 cents per ...