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

New Jersey's sweeping ban, part of the state's Get Past Plastic Act, has proved greatly effective in the fight against retail ...

Earlier this year, the consumer advocacy group CALPIRG released a report showing that 157,385 tons of plastic bag waste was discarded in California in 2014, and that by 2021, the tonnage of ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from ...

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 ...

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.

Strong Evidence from Cleanups Analyzing over 45,000 shoreline cleanups from January 2016 through December 2023, researchers evaluated 611 different plastic bag policies across U.S. towns, counties ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the ...

For one in three U.S. residents, single-use plastic bags are no longer a cheap and easy ubiquity—and beaches, riverbanks and lakeshores are benefitting. That’s according to research published ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

A 2020 Vermont law banning plastic bags in businesses resulted in a 91% drop in their use. Paper bag use saw a minor 6% increase, suggesting the 10-cent fee didn't deter consumers.