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, and we have ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. That’s the intuitive finding of a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, which involved an ...

We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly and we have all seen pictures and videos of marine life being harmed by plastic. While many environmental issues are controversial, ...

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 years, that ban will become more strict as the thicker ...

A new report has been released by Germany-based ocean plastic recovery startup CleanHub that highlights ocean plastic pollution this year, as well as a look into its complex origins and what the ...

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš was hoping she’d be a part of history last month when more than 170 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, to forge a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic ...

Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use of plastic bags as of 2026.

Clorox Australia Pty Ltd. is being ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar fine in Australia for making "false or misleading" claims regarding a line trash bags that claimed to include ocean plastics.

You have microplastics in you. Did you know? Between checkout at a grocery store to the refrigerator of your home, single-use plastic bags are utilized for only minutes before being discarded. Once ...

The find has sparked renewed concern over plastic pollution in Cornish waters, after the seabird was found with its head ...