Conveyors send mixed plastic into a device that will shred and then recycle them at recycling plant in Vernon on Jan. 24, 2014. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) Ever since their invention in 1959, ...

In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in helping ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

New Jersey’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act is an absolute success. In less than a year from the law’s May 2022 implementation, ghost plastic bags fell off the top 10 list of most common litter items ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

NEWARK, Del. — When California banned plastic bags in 2016, critics said it wouldn’t make a real difference. Turns out they were wrong. A massive new study tracking nearly half a century of beach ...

If you’ve visited a grocery store in the last year, chances are high that you saw single-use plastic bags swapped for another reusable bag (also made with plastic, but we’ll get to that later). Or ...

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Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...