State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

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

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

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

The researchers found that plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% decrease in plastic bags as a share of total items ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

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

A new study suggests plastic bag fees could be more impactful than bans in limiting plastic bag litter on shorelines.

But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. Plastic bag fees ...