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 ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

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After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Washington banned thin, single-use plastic shopping bags in 2021. But since then, the state has seen an increase in plastics ...