With more places banning single-use plastic bags, paper has become a popular alternative. At first glance, this seems like an ...

Richmond City Council is considering enacting a 5-cent tax on most single-use plastic bags, The Richmonder reports. Why it ...

Nearly two years after New Jersey’s plastic bag ban took effect, residents across the Garden State are still adjusting — and ...

On a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed ...

It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...

Ranchi: Single-use plastic bags continue to be used with impunity across the state capital, three years after the ban was imposed on it by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB).

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. Credit...Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Rachel Nuwer With ...

Metro Detroit grocery stores, including Ferndale's Western Market, are reducing plastic bag usage to support environmental ...

IPOH: One year since it banned single-use plastic ... was quite a hassle in the beginning as it was convenient to use plastic bags, but I have adapted to not using them now,” she added.

Stores would also be required to charge at least five cents per bag. The bill will now move to the Oregon State House of Representatives. Current law bans stores from issuing single-use plastic ...

Kurnool city produces approximately 150 tonnes of waste every day. Municipal staff estimate about 30 per cent of these are ...

In 2002, Bangladesh became the first country in the world to ban the production, import, marketing and use of polythene bags, a type of single-use plastic bag. The ban, made through the Bangladesh ...