Common criticisms of plastic checkout bags include plastic waste and pollution from single-use disposability, fossil fuel reliance for production, and harm to marine life from improper disposal.

A new effort to ban the use of plastic bags has begun in the state Legislature. Rep. Maureen Madden, D-Tannersville, along with fellow Democrat Reps. Tarik Khan, Mandy Steele and Greg Scott, are ...

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PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Environment is encouraging supermarkets in Phnom Penh to use mesh bags instead of plastic bags. The initiative aims to reduce plastic usage and its environmental and ...

Your chewing gum may have some of the same ingredients as plastic grocery bags and tires, but a U.K. campaign aims to put a stop to this. Environmental nonprofit City to Sea is teaming up with plastic ...

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Recycling a hard plastic detergent bottle, a Styrofoam tray and a plastic grocery bag, for example, requires three entirely separate systems. Enck estimated that only 5% to 6% of plastic used in ...

Labour will forge ahead with a £1.6 billion plastic packaging tax this week, despite ministers admitting that the levy will not cut waste. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the net ...