Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

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

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Crochet group transforms plastic bags into mats for the homeless 01:46 But like it or not, plastic shopping bags are a big business in the U.S., and expected to remain that way.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a ...

–American shoppers use an estimated 102 billion plastic shopping bags each year — more than 500 per consumer. Named by Guinness World Records as “the most ubiquitous consumer item in the ...

Plastic bags are only a fraction of America’s overall plastic trash, but they’ve become a highly visible sign of waste. ... Making a cotton shopping bag is hardly cost-free.

Plastic bag bans and fees are actually working to help decrease litter along shorelines, researchers reveal.. Local laws enforcing bans or fees for plastic shopping bags are associated with a 25 ...

TRENTON, N.J. — The plastic shopping bag has long been hunted by state and local policymakers pushing for its extinction. But still it thrives, thanks to the deep-pocketed chemical industry that ...

Aldi eliminates plastic shopping bags in all 2,300 US grocery stores This new measure by Aldi is an attempt to promote a more sustainable environment by reducing the usage of plastic bags and ...

Line Small Trashcans. Plastic grocery bags make for great trash can liners in places like the bathroom, where trash cans are a bit smaller. This is a nice way to keep the base of your actual trash ...