Agricultural soil contains 23 times more microplastics than oceans, contaminating crops and threatening human health.

Degradable plastic bags have a lot of chemicals and heavy metals ... down because the chemical and metals begin to seep into the ground and can pollute the Earth and waterways.

At the top of the landfill, workers pick through green waste spread across the ground ... and separating and pulling plastic out.” A worker tosses a whole bag of raw chicken into a dumpster ...

How did we get here? In 2014, California became the first state in the country to pass a plastic bag ban, with a law that was hailed as a ground-breaking precedent. Except it allowed stores to sell ...