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

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic shopping bags at either the national or subnational level. In the U.S., 611 ...

The single-use plastic bags used for produce or meat are by law being phased out. The bill was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay ...

Plastic bags and other accepted items can be dropped off at the beige and green NexTrex bins during business hours. All plastic must be clean, dry and free of food residue. Good Foods Co-op, 455 ...

The answer to what’s the greenest replacement for a single-use plastic bag isn’t straightforward but it boils down to this: Reuse whatever bags you already have, as many times as you can.

New Jersey lawmakers touted their bag ban when enacted. A new study, however, finds that bag ban has been followed by an increased use of plastic and higher emissions.

Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones. A 2011 study by Britain’s Environment Agency, for example, concluded that you’d have to reuse a paper bag three times to ...

The Bag Waste Reduction Act took effect on March 1, 2020 — exactly five years ago — though the coronavirus pandemic and a lawsuit from plastic bag manufacturers delayed its enforcement for months.