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

It led the former Apple executive to found a retail company, Blue Lake Packaging, with the goal of reducing plastic-packaging options by offering more sustainable, fiber-based alternatives.

A plastic bag on the banks of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2019. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Since 2018, more than 100 countries around ...

Plastic bags generally accounted for a larger share of items being cleaned up throughout the study period, but the increase was “markedly less” in areas with plastic bag policies.

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

The use of plastic grocery bags has been a significant contributor to plastic pollution. A 2024 report from Condor Ferries said that around 327 million bags from the US alone end up in the ocean ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level ...

Plastic bag bans and fees in the US are associated with a 25%–47% reduction in plastic bags found during shoreline cleanups compared to areas without such policies.

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from ...