Did you know Americans throw away around 365 plastic bags every year? In addition to the harmful exposure that plastic has on our health, as well as the waste that one plastic bag per day across ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that would either reduce the fee and reintroduce thinner, single-use plastic ...

Here's the thing that nobody talks about when they hand you a trendy tote at the checkout. Those bags everyone's carrying ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

As 2024 wound down, Milwaukee resident Andy Oren found himself wondering why the Pick ‘n Save on South Whitnall Avenue had no signs reminding shoppers of its pledge to ditch plastic bags by 2025.

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed SB 1053, from Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), into law, which will eliminate plastic bags at California grocery store checkout lanes. Those heavy-duty, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash - Reusable plastic bags at Washington stores and restaurants are about to cost more, starting in January. Starting on New Years Day, shoppers will pay 12 cents for a bag, up from eight ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...