ENGLEWOOD, N.J.-- New Jersey banned the use of plastic bags to help protect the environment almost two years ago. But is it helping or hurting? CBS New York breaks down a new report that has shocking ...

Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.

As Allegheny County considers a plastic bag ban, we wanted to dig deeper into a recent study. Researchers looked at the impact of New Jersey’s statewide ban, which started in 2022. They concluded that ...

A new study from the United Kingdom entitled the “Life Cycle Assessment of Supermarket Carrier Bags” is casting doubt on the supposed environmental benefits of reusable shopping bags. Hundreds of Uses ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. The researchers combined information on hundreds of policies instituted across the U.S. between 2017 and 2023, with ...

I am responding to Dave Peters’ letter, “City Council needs policing,” (Herald, June 30). Peters is likely citing the study by Jonathan Klick and Joshua Wright, “Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness ...

A new report from Washington State University (WSU) suggests that state lawmakers might need to make changes to Washington's retail carryout bag policy.

Plastic consumption in New Jersey spiked by nearly three times following the state’s implementation of a strict ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, a study found. "Following New Jersey’s ban of ...

New Jersey's plastic bag ban has shifted consumer bag use to reusables while also resulting in a 40 percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions and creating a profit center for retailers selling ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It appears the city of Chicago's new tax on disposable bags is working. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday that Chicagoans significantly reduced the average number of disposable bags ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the accelerating movement to ban plastic bags due to their environmental impact, the state Legislature applied the brakes in the cause of special-interest ...