Local governments are currently forbidden from banning, limiting or taxing the use or sale of plastic bags, bottles and more.

Plastic bags could eventually be a thing of the past in some Michigan communities. A pair of Democratic lawmakers recently ...

When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most ...

A set of two bills championed by State Senate Democrats would ban plastic bags and remove polystyrene foam from food ...

Picture this: you're lounging on a beautiful beach, soaking up the sun and listening to the soothing sound of the waves. You ...

House Bill 348 would ban small single-use plastic bottles in hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts — essentially any place ...

Lawmakers in Oregon voted in favor of Senate Bill 551, which could see restrictions over single-use plastics come into place ...

Richmond city leaders are considering taxing plastic bags, believing it would reduce waste in the River City. “We anticipate ...

A bottlenose dolphin was found dead in North Carolina, with a necropsy revealing a knotted plastic bag in its stomach as the ...

Nearly two years after New Jersey’s plastic bag ban took effect, residents across the Garden State are still adjusting — and ...

On a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed ...

New rules announced by the council last September introduced a pilot ban on waste bags on select streets in the south of the ...