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 ...

California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...

Think twice before tossing those plastic bags after your next trip to the grocery store. Plastic grocery bags have many more uses than just carrying your fruits and veggies. Repurpose them around the ...

The Park Ridge Committee of the Whole Meeting of the City Council passed the first reading of a plastic bag ban for large ...

Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.

Nine years ago California banned grocery stores from giving out flimsy single-use plastic grocery bags, the first state to do so. And the law has been facing obstacles ever since. Days after it passed ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...

WENZHOU, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, January 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The global demand for temperature-sensitive packaging continues to rise, driven by expanding food ...

While most proceeds support environmental and social causes, some retailers are using funds for internal operations – drawing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A machine removes a plastic bag from a conveyor belt in 2024 at Recycle Central in San Francisco. The state says plastic bags are ...

Singapore’s mandatory disposable carrier bag charge, introduced in July 2023, has led to a reported 70 to 80 per cent decline ...