In order to ensure implementation of the province-wide ban on plastic bags, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has intensified enforcement operations across Sindh. A total of 657 ...

Dubai: Oman is set to roll out the third phase of its ambitious national ban on single-use plastic shopping bags on July 1, ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

You can bring your own shopping bags to Costco if you please, but be prepared to have an employee give them a once-over at ...

Most of us are guilty of ignoring that questionable layer of grot building up inside our water bottles. Katie Rosseinsky ...

West Virginia Republican Shelley Moore Capito, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Oregon ...

Sen. Will Parkinson said people have become used to reusable bags in the years since the plastic bag ban. “I’m on board with the idea of a luxury carve out for these brands for their business ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Researchers analyzed data from thousands of beach cleanups and cross-referenced that with state policies on plastic bags. They were happy with what they learned.

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually ...

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 ...