Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

California's plastic bag ban has backfired and led to much more plastic waste, according to a new report from a consumer advocacy group. Ten years ago, the Golden State passed SB 270, a statewide ban ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bag waste, such as this photographed at the Burbank Recycle Center in August 2013, was supposed to be a thing of the past ...

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 ...

(KTLA) – It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the ...

For anyone who’s shopped at Trader Joe’s, it’s already a familiar choice: You can carry your groceries out in a paper bag or perhaps a spare cardboard box, in a tote you brought from home or — if ...

Reusable plastic bags and unrecyclable film packaging from Southern California stores and retailers, as seen in Laguna Niguel in 2022. Jan Dell/Handout via REUTERS A trio of state legislators said ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In the coming months, any Tampa yard waste placed in plastic bags will be left on the curb. The city will stop accepting plastic bags of any kind in yard waste collection starting Feb. 1 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The way people get ...