Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

A cart of groceries in plastic bags is pictured Thursday, June 30, 2022, at a Lawrence grocery store. It’s taken years of discussion to pass an ordinance in Lawrence banning single-use disposable ...

"Paper or plastic?" Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to ...

For one in three U.S. residents, single-use plastic bags are no longer a cheap and easy ubiquity—and beaches, riverbanks and lakeshores are benefitting. That’s according to research published on June ...

Recycling single use plastic grocery bags into bricks and other sustainable materials could reduce pollution along highways and landfills, according to a former New Mexican who views environment ...

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest factors in the degradation of the planet’s natural resources. These materials impact ecosystems and human health, while it’s non-biodegradable nature leaves a ...

Back in the 1980s, Mobile Chemical had a plant in Woodland that made plastic bags out on East Beamer Street. I took tours of the facility and was impressed by its efficiency.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — We care about the environment here at WUSA9, and we know a lot of you do, too. But changing laws – and differences between Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia – can make ...