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

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic shopping bags at either the national or subnational level. In the U.S., 611 ...

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

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn’t just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study.

Papp and Oremus combined eight years of Ocean Conservancy’s data — constituting more than 45,000 cleanups across the U.S. from between 2016 and 2023 — with information on roughly 180 plastic ...

Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that would ban the use of reusable plastic bags at grocery stores starting Jan. 2027. A 2019 bill blocked grocers and restaurants from allowing single use plastic ...

Seeing plastic grocery bags as an environmental menace, the California Assembly voted to ban their use in stores across the state. By Felicity Barringer ...