Richmond City Council is considering enacting a 5-cent tax on most single-use plastic bags, The Richmonder reports. Why it ...

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think.

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

created to study the bag ban, recently released a plastic waste report. It found that as a result of the 2022 law, roughly 16.5 billion single-use plastic bags and 110 million single-use paper ...

Plastic waste is the most common litter found in North Carolina streams, according to a recent report by the N.C.

Six years after Maine banned plastic retail bags, the Legislature is consider a slew of bills to strengthen the law, or ...

Business groups fear legislation moving through Springfield banning single-use plastics and styrofoam containers will drive ...

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

Now, some state lawmakers want to allow a return to paper bags at the grocery checkout, provided the bags contain at least 40 ...

With more cities, states and countries banning single-use plastic bags, paper has become a popular alternative at the grocery checkout. At first glance, this seems like an obvious win for the ...