This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law ...

The UK’s plastic bag tax, first introduced in 2015, has proven highly effective. By 2023, the 5p charge, later increased to 10p, resulted in a 98 per cent reduction in single-use plastic bags ...

The plastic bag levy first came into force for large retailers in October 2015 and now applies to all retailers in Britain. But there is a huge gap between the progress made in bricks-and-mortar ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. Jay Karr Island Packet We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly ...

Apparently it might not have been the last straw. Or plastic bag, for that matter. Just months away from New Jersey reaching three years of banning single-use plastic bags in most stores and paper ...

BEGINNING March 1, shoppers will no longer be able to get plastic checkout bag at most retail stores in Penang even if they offer to pay for it, on any day. This follows the launch of the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — A ban on plastic bags is coming soon as the City of Annapolis' Plastic Bag Reduction Act is set to begin on Jan. 22, 2025. The Annapolis City Council passed The Plastic ...

Significantly, the behaviors spurred by the plastic bag rules continued after the rules were no longer in place. And some impacts were not beneficial to the environment. Che and his coauthors ...

When California’s first single-use plastic bag ban went into effect in 2016, the companies making the bags found a loophole: If the bags were thick enough to reuse 125 times, they don’t count ...

In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in ...