Beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, an additional four-cent charge will be added to each plastic bag sold by retailers and restaurants ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- From the grocery store to big-box retailers, Americans use tens of billions of plastic shopping bags each year. Most end up in landfills, but stores like Target, Walmart, Kohl's ...

Today — Wednesday, May 4 — New Jersey will lead the way by enacting the most consequential plastics and paper bags reduction law in the nation. This new law is good for the great Garden State. It bans ...

Here are some valuable tips from Ziploc that benefit the planet and could save you money. You can reuse Ziploc bags, but ...

Plastic bags are bad. Ban them from supermarkets, and the problem is solved, right? Right? Right? Turns out, as is often the case, there may be a little bit more to that story. Researchers at the ...

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it a good time ...

California is suing three plastic bag manufacturers that officials say are violating state law by providing bags billed as recyclable when they are in fact not, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced ...

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Like cigarettes, plastic bags have recently gone from a tolerated nuisance to a widely despised and discouraged ...