Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — The decision by New York State to ban single-use plastic bags from retail stores makes it a ...

GameStop is allowing customers to make purchases from outside the door and is instructing employees to wrap a plastic bag around one hand, open the door a crack, and take the customer’s credit ...

According to EPA, which has a Webpage about shopping bags, the U.S. consumes about 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps a year. Fewer than 5 percent are recycled.

Regulators have only been able to investigate around 200 of the 500 complaints that have come in ... Sign regarding New York plastic bag ban. ... Bags for fruits and vegetables. Shrink-wrap on the ...

Policies that ban or impose fees on plastic bags are associated with a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bag litter in shoreline cleanups, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

There are some exceptions to the ban, like produce bags and bags used to wrap up raw meat, but for the most part, plastic bags will be a thing of the past in the Garden State.