Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

In the USA, each person produces an average of 100kg of plastic waste per year. Single-use plastics like drink bottles, carrier bags, plastic straws, and disposable cutlery are filling up ...

Since New York’s ban on the distribution of single-use plastic bags took effect five years ago, Francisco Marte, who owns five bodegas in the Bronx with his brothers, has been conflicted about how to ...

The plastic bags most New Mexicans carry groceries or takeout food with might be different soon, statewide. That is, if a bill that’s gaining traction makes it through the Roundhouse. A Democratic ...

Despite good intentions, New Jersey's single-use plastic bag ban has led to a surge in plastic consumption, contradicting its environmental goals. Residents argue for the ban's reconsideration, ...

New Mexicans use at least 330 million single-use plastic bags a year, according to the New Mexico Environment Department and ...

New Mexicans use at least 330 million plastic bags every year, according to the state Environment Department and New Mexico Recycling Coalition, but they don’t always throw them away properly. Plastic ...

Oregon kids placed in foster care are often asked to put their belongings in trash bags when they are moved from one home to ...

A new effort to ban the use of plastic bags has begun in the state Legislature. Rep. Maureen Madden, D-Tannersville, along with fellow Democrat Reps. Tarik Khan, Mandy Steele and Greg Scott, are ...

The Ministry of Environment is encouraging supermarkets in Phnom Penh to use mesh bags instead of plastic bags.