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

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

Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country's litter ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

The country is poised to introduce a series of regulations that will make companies that produce and use plastic packaging ...

Plastic bag fees and bans are effective in limiting debris on U.S. shorelines, a new study reports, but even places with bag ...

Summer is here, and that means outdoor parties, celebrations and gatherings — Harbour Nights, Beermuda, Carnival and Cup ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

The Savannah Riverkeeper is installing litter booms along canals to collect litter and begin to address the problem of single ...

Advocates of a bottle bill in Texas, which garnered unusual support this year before it ultimately failed to pass the Legislature, point to backing from a mix of business and environmental groups.

California’s cap on plastic pollution As summer approaches, people will head to beaches, team practices and games will be held in mid-day heat, and friends and family will gather for 4th of ...