"There's a very good reduction in plastic bags in the UAE and we can judge it very well," Dr. Wernery said. "We do not find a ...

Every year, the world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic and generates about 280 million metric tons of ...

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As a result, consumer advocacy group CALPIRG claimed there's been a 47% jump in plastic bag waste tonnage over the past decade. "157,385 tons of plastic bag waste was discarded in California the ...

A plastic bag sits along a roadside in Sacramento, California, Oct. 25, 2013. California state governor Gavin Newsom announced that plastic bags will not be offered in grocery stores from 2026.

SACRAMENTO — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.

She pointed to a state study that found that the amount of plastic shopping bags trashed per person grew from 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) per year in 2004 to 11 pounds (5 kilograms) per year in 2021.

A plastic bag along a roadside in Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 25, 2013. Photo: Associated Press Doesn’t everyone put items from the produce department of a grocery store into thin plastic bags?

The new measure, approved by state legislators last month, bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Consumers who don’t bring their own bags will now simply be asked if they want a paper ...

My partner and I bring totes out to shop 90% of the time, but the plastic collection still grows. I hate those bags to my core. So now I use the bags to make what I call "bag bubbles." ...