This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

California sued plastic bag makers for falsely labeling products as recyclable, leading to settlements and a statewide ban.

Decrease your plastic consumption and increase your grocery-carrying capabilities with these plastic bag alternatives that you'll enjoy having on hand.

Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.

The Elgin City Council has deferred more discussion on an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags to get more business feedback.

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

As reported in my commentary from two months ago, starting next month, the fee for thick reusable plastic bags will increase from eight cents to 12 cents. Factor in sales tax, and consumers will ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

Plastic bags are so ubiquitous they’re almost invisible. We rely on them to carry everything from routine grocery purchases to one-off drugstore runs to food delivery and more. Unless you live ...

Anchorage’s ban on single-use plastic bags is back in place. The city had temporarily suspended its plastic bag ban last year in response to the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, it said, many ...