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 analyzed data from thousands of shoreline cleanups across the U.S. and found that areas that implemented policies ...

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 ...

Delaware House Bill 111, which would cut back on single-use food service items, will soon be discussed. Here's what to know.

Long Branch, New Jersey, city officials are taking a stance against plastic pollution with new regulations to reduce plastic ...

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

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.

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

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

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