California stores used to be required to keep records describing the collection, transport and recycling of plastic bags. But the law requiring those records was allowed to sunset in 2020.

Tracking the trash: Are your plastic bags really being recycled? Of the 46 total trackers used by ABC News teams, 23 of them last pinged at landfills or trash incinerators.

Does plastic bag recycling at stores like Target and Walmart really work? The ABC7 I-Team and ABC News launched an investigation to find out.

Besides reducing litter and eye pollution, recycled plastic bags reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. A number of states, including California Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Yor… ...

Plastic bags and films can’t be recycled in a traditional curbside recycling bin, but there are still many opportunities for local residents to recycle these single-use plastics. A report ...

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