Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

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 ...

(Supplied: Ron Gibbs, Swan Hill Rural City Council) Plastic bulker bags used for seed and fertiliser ... that never get filled or sold because of a marketing reboot, or labels discarded due ...

Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to identify plastic in our everyday lives ... beyond generic sustainability claims or marketing tags such as “made with wool ...

Mobile wallets are becoming more popular with consumers, but banks shouldn't expect plastic cards to disappear anytime soon ... said for U.S. adoption to grow there needs to be better marketing ...

The responsibility now lies with retailers, who are expected to not increase plastic bag marketing, and with consumers, who have “largely adopted the habit of carrying their own bags.” Although Sweden ...

Across the EU in 2022, each person used on average 66.6 lightweight plastic carrier bags.This marked a decrease of 10.8 bags (-14 per cent) per person compared with 2021. In total, 29.8 billion ...