COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Supporters of single-use plastic bag bans implemented or being discussed across South Carolina believe limiting plastics would decrease litter and waste. However, reducing ...

Even if you bring home as few bags as possible — using reusable bags, carrying purchases home with your own two hands — soft plastics sill accumulate. I certainly have a collection with one flimsy ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A big change is in the works for grocery stores across the state. The single-use plastic bags used for produce or meat are being ordered by law to be phased out. It's been ...

Four major plastic bag producers will no longer sell their grocery bags in California and will pay fines in a settlement California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday. The companies had ...

Before California banned plastic shopping bags statewide in late 2016, a wave of 139 California cities and counties implemented the policy themselves. Taylor and colleagues compared bag use in cities ...

(KTLA) – It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the ...

Next week, I'll report from China about that country's climate change challenges. Here in the U.S., a dozen states are considering bills to limit consumers' use of plastic shopping bags. Last year, ...

Philadelphia's single-use, plastic bag ban goes into effect Thursday, July 1, after months of delays caused by the pandemic. The ban starts with a nine-month awareness campaign and warning period ...