Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use ...

California lawmakers have advanced a pair of bills that would ban stores from handing out multi-use plastic bags. Thinner single-use plastic bags, as opposed to the thicker multi-use kind, are already ...

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 ...

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

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

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

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Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put out for recycling, so reusing them whenever possible is ideal. But how do you ...