In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics reaffirms its unwavering ...

Director of Natural Resources Imran Sabir Thursday called for heightened awareness and active participation from all stakeholders in the implementation and promotion of reusable bags and warned that ...

The Lagos State Government has defended the sales of packing bags in some malls in the state. The PUNCH reports that some ...

Lagos has begun enforcing its ban on single-use plastics. Here’s what’s banned, what’s exempted, and why it matters.

The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, during a ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill into law banning thick, reusable plastic bags from being used at grocery stores, ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

( NewsNation) — Malaysia will ban plastic waste imports from the United States starting Tuesday, citing America’s failure to ...

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

They found that plastic-bag litter dropped significantly in areas with bag laws, even as the national share of plastic bags found during cleanups increased to 6.7% in 2023 from 4.5% in 2016.

More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags ...

In response to these harms, cities and states across the country have passed laws that ban plastic bags from certain retail locations, or impose a small fee on them — usually 5 to 10 cents. At ...