Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores from ...

Returning again and again to an archival photograph, the Khazakh artist has deployed modest means to write women, as well as ...

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Consumer Council found that five of the 11 online retailers they checked did not ask customers to pay HK$1 per plastic bag, which is required by law The government must give guidance to online ...

Plastic waste that washed up on beaches has been turned into artwork and gone on display in Staffordshire. The collages are made entirely from plastic fragments found on UK beaches to help ...

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A proposed ordinance banning plastic bags and styrofoam is on the ballot this week in Montana’s fourth largest town, Bozeman. Proponents of the proposal, referred to as the Bozeman Plastics ...

Prof Claire Gwinnett and Laura Wilkinson have helped organise the display at the museum Plastic waste that washed up on beaches has been turned into artwork and gone on display in Staffordshire.

Its use has exploded in the last half century, and global production is projected to reach 736 million tons by 2040, up 70% ...

EU member states have taken progressive steps over the past decade to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags, including imposing additional charges or levies and promoting the adoption of ...

If you've already mastered the art of creative ways to store your reusable shopping bags, you might not bring many plastic bags into your home. In that case, you'll need to ask around friends and ...