Photograph by Andria Lo, National Geographic I live in California now, the first state to ban single-use plastic bags. In the few years since that ban was enacted, I still see plastic thank-you ...

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 ...

She speaks English and a little French. Some tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles when immersed in hot water, creating tea that can harm your health and increase your risk of cancer ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished ... at University of California Riverside’s School of Business, in a statement. “But that’s not ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

Whoops, plastic in the garbage went up, not down. Naturally, California politicians now think this justifies another new ban on carryout bags that will further inconvenience citizens. Specifically ...

A Los Angeles Times editorial is asking for a "do over" in the plastic bag ban that actually led to more plastic waste, according to a recent report. After California became the first state in ...

Reusable totes are usually how I like to fill in the gaps, but my gaze has shifted to the latest bane of my existence: the shitty plastic bag. Although New York City implemented a plastic bag ban ...

It’s been 10 years since California became the first state to ban single-use plastic bags and in that time, plastic bag waste has increased by 47%. What happened? Let’s dig into this recent ...

The idea is simple: Reduce plastic waste by requiring shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. The reality is messy ... professor of sustainable systems at the School for Environment ...