Plastic bags pollute our environment and break down into microplastics that contaminate our drinking water and threaten our health,” said Jenn Engstrom of the California Public Interest Research Group ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A third grader at Doty Elementary School was looking through her reading materials recently and found something to her surprise, a book by an author she knew personally. As a ...

It’s no secret that the flimsy plastic bags many grocery store chains use aren’t good for the environment. After one use, many of them end up in landfills, where they can take 1,000 years to degrade.

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 ...

According to Kelsey, the key to organizing your plastic bag collection is to fold each one into a tidy square. It's origami for the frugal and environmentally conscious. First, you flatten the bag.

SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS. A PLASTIC BAG BAN IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. AFTER THE STATE SENATE PASSED THE PLASTIC REDUCTION ACT, STATE SENATOR BECCA RAUSCH INTRODUCED THE ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Charleston County is considering amending the Single-Use Plastic Bag Ordinance to redefine what a “reusable carryout bag” means and to eliminate the use of thick plastic bags ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As of Monday, the single-use plastic bag ban with an updated ban on thick plastic bags within the City of Charleston is in effect. The city and others surrounding it began ...