Researchers say plastic bags are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along coastlines. The post ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. Plastic bag fees ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic shopping bags at either the national or subnational level. In the U.S., 611 ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

Wet wipes, bags, and other plastic trash strewn across a beach. Getty Images. A small number of analyses looking at this had come from nonprofits, including the Ocean Conservancy, ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University shows plastic bag bans and fees have been effective at ...

Policies aimed at reducing single-use plastic bags have led to a significant decrease in bags found on shorelines.