Does California have a ban on plastic bags? The goals of Senate Bill 270, the so-called plastic bag ban, spoke to the “three Rs” of waste reduction: Reduce the number of plastic bags Californians use, ...

(KTLA) – It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bag waste, such as this photographed at the Burbank Recycle Center in August 2013, was supposed to be a thing of the past ...

Working with ABC News and nine ABC stations we assembled bundles of recyclable plastic bags, each containing a tracking device to see if those bags are being recycled at all. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- ...

California's plastic bag ban has backfired and led to much more plastic waste, according to a new report from a consumer advocacy group. Ten years ago, the Golden State passed SB 270, a statewide ban ...

For anyone who’s shopped at Trader Joe’s, it’s already a familiar choice: You can carry your groceries out in a paper bag or perhaps a spare cardboard box, in a tote you brought from home or — if ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

For anyone who’s shopped at Trader Joe’s, it’s already a familiar choice: You can carry your groceries out in a paper bag or perhaps a spare cardboard box, in a tote you brought from home or — if ...

A slew of new laws are going into effect on January 1 in Washington. One of them is a plastic bag fee increase, but is it ...