Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

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 ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...