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

Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste ...

For most of us, July means fireworks, barbecues, beach days and vacation, but it’s also the month in which everyone around ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

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

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.