Pennsylvania could soon join a growing list of states banning single-use plastic bags. While legislators work out the details ...

Around 11 million tonnes of plastic waste leak into the world's aquatic ecosystems each year, says the UN. This year's World ...

Sen. Judith Schwank says plastic pollution poses serious threats to our environmental rights, public health and community ...

The bill’s premise is simple. Make less single-use plastic. Producers with annual net revenues over $5 million and those responsible for more than two tons of annual packaging waste would ...

The widespread use of disposable products, particularly plastic bottles, plays a major role in the amount of waste created ...

New York City has seen a significant drop in plastic bags in the city’s waste stream — though there’s no statewide data on the impact. "It was a real challenge," said Dave Williams ...

“One sign is standardised, provided by the state government, while the other one encourages people to say no to the use of plastic. “Our customers are used to bringing their own bags, so we do ...

As 2024 wound down, Milwaukee resident Andy Oren found himself wondering why the Pick ‘n Save on South Whitnall Avenue had no signs reminding shoppers of its pledge to ditch plastic bags by 2025.

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. California adopted its first plastic bag ban a decade ago, creating rules that lawmakers said ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic ...

HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TO SIGN A PLASTIC BAG BAN A FIRST ... FIRST STATE TO BEGIN BANNING THINNER PLASTIC BAGS, A TOT "Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout ...

“Finally, with this necessary update to the bag ban, plastic grocery bags will no longer be a threat to sea turtles, birds, and other wildlife in California.” For nearly a decade, California ...