Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

Shoppers in Washington will soon begin paying 4 cents more per plastic bag at grocery stores and other retailers. The price for plastic bags will increase to 12 cents a bag, plus tax, on Jan. 1, but t ...

Plastic bags pollute our environment and break down into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said Jenn Engstrom of the California Public Interest Research Group ...

Under Friday’s announcement, four plastic bag producers — Revolution Sustainable Solutions, Metro Poly, PreZero US Packaging, and Advance Polybag — agreed to stop selling the thicker plastic bags in ...

The checkout-line choice between paper and plastic bags isn't going away - at least not yet - in Sonoma County. But study of the issue is ramping up following a string of plastic-bag bans imposed by ...

Shoppers likely would see a 10-cent fee per plastic and paper disposable bags at the checkouts of major supermarkets and Walmart by early 2014, according to policy direction given to city staff by the ...

The trend seems unmistakable. Food chains are steering away from single-use plastic bags that environmentalists have targeted for years. Conversion isn’t so simple, though, and it can be costly. The ...

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, an additional four-cent charge will be added to each plastic bag sold by retailers and restaurants ...