New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing legislation that would ban single-use plastic bags statewide, following similar measures ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s single-use plastics ban is five years old. A new UVM study found that it has not only ...

A BAN ON BAGS RIGHT NOW IN HARRISBURG. A STATE SENATOR IS PUSHING TO OUTLAW SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT RETAIL STORES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH. NEWS EIGHT’S MICHAEL FULLER IS HERE.

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

New Jersey cannot afford more misguided policies that punish consumers, businesses and innovation. Our war on plastic bags and plastic has to end.

According to head researcher Qingbin Wang, his team found that around 70% of people surveyed had a positive view of the law.

New legislation is going to be introduced in Pennsylvania that is aimed at banning single-use plastic bags throughout the state. Single-use plastic bags have already been banned in Pittsburgh and ...