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

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed.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

The USA market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 2.4% during the forecast period. This growth is ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

"The marketing of Oxo-degradable plastic as an ... It is estimated that 500 billion plastic bags are made globally every year, but only 1-3% get recycled.

California’s plastic grocery bag waste actually increased after the first ban went into effect, according to the state’s ...

Dr. Tarun Anumol, from Agilent Technologies, said plastic bags are commonly made from the polymer polyethylene, which depending on the conditions can take up to 1,000 years to fully break down in ...

When two Texas cities prohibited stores from giving away plastic grocery bags for free, the sale of such bags surged in response, according to the study, published in the Journal of Marketing Research ...