Trapped in the muck is a system that is critical for lakhs of Bengalureans to keep their kitchens afloat. The ugly sight ...

THE National Environment Management Council (NEMC) has seized and destroyed 250 tonnes of banned plastic bags in a nationwide ...

I am referring to packaging material — a seemingly harmless cardboard or plastic bag that we get when ordering something ... term 'sachet economy' and further intensifies marine plastics pollution.

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been ... which is why it’s so important to prevent them from becoming pollution in the first place," Anja Brandon ...

“Our bag is pretty big, so I've been using it for everything from groceries to laundry to day trips, which seems fitting as Asian households like mine hardly ever let a plastic grocery bag go to ...

It would appear that plastic bag bans are tailor-made for government intervention. The environmental costs of plastic pollution are not borne by consumers or producers. When these kinds of ...

When the nickel-per-bag tax first went into effect Jan. 1, it was intended to be applied to certain merchants in the 22401 ZIP code only, but the idea to collect 5 cents per plastic bag also ...

Many of the policies to curb plastic pollution in the US, such as plastic bag bans, have been implemented at the state and local level anyway, he said.

California adopted its first plastic bag ban a decade ago, creating rules that lawmakers said would be a model for reducing plastic pollution nationwide. Instead, because of loopholes in the law, ...

Developing nations have been at the forefront of efforts to tackle plastic pollution, as they have struggled to cope with waste sent by rich countries. “The stakes have never been higher ...

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 ...

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 ...