A new report from Washington State University (WSU) suggests that state lawmakers might need to make changes to Washington's retail carryout bag policy.

Last year, a Danish government life cycle assessment study was published that set out to measure the environmental impact of reusable shopping bags. The report received pretty standard treatment in ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. The researchers combined information on hundreds of policies instituted across the U.S. between 2017 and 2023, with ...

Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.

I am responding to Dave Peters’ letter, “City Council needs policing,” (Herald, June 30). Peters is likely citing the study by Jonathan Klick and Joshua Wright, “Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness ...

Plastic consumption in New Jersey spiked by nearly three times following the state’s implementation of a strict ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, a study found. "Following New Jersey’s ban of ...

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their ...

Unfortunately, a growing body of research has detected contaminants and microplastics pretty much everywhere, including our tap water. Now, new research has detected microplastics in yet another ...

New Jersey's plastic bag ban has shifted consumer bag use to reusables while also resulting in a 40 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions and creating a profit center for retailers selling ...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the accelerating movement to ban plastic bags due to their environmental impact, the state Legislature applied the brakes in the cause of special-interest ...