Balinese officials have indicated they will ban sachets — plastic, bag-like packaging materials — starting next year.

Beyond the Bag Initiative engages Target, CVS Health, Ralphs and Food 4 Less customers to cut single-use bag waste across ...

Fairfax County implemented its Plastic Bag Tax Ordinance just three years ago, on Jan. 1, 2022. It taxes plastic bags provided at grocery, convenience and drug stores.

Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban, introduced in October 2023, was designed to address environmental concerns by eliminating ...

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

QUICK as a flash, Jennifer Colpitts dives to close the window her children have just opened. It’s a scorching summer day, with the UK experiencing its first heatwave of the year, but the ...

In 2016, California voters voted to uphold a ban on thin single-use plastic bags, which were what most stores offered. However, since this ban was passed, stores began passing out thicker plastic b… ...

Jenna Kowaleski column: Meaningful change is in the (plastic) bag There are much larger, sweeping laws other than a bag fee that impact us. Unseen but there, they shape our behavior.

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.

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.

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