Why is plastic so harmful to marine life? For sea birds and larger marine creatures like turtles, dolphins and seals, the danger comes from being entangled in plastic bags and other debris ...

California found plastic bag pollution by weight increased to unprecedented levels a decade after landmark decision to ban single-use plastic bags Customers are instead dumping thicker and heavier ...

Plastic bags are everywhere—stuffed under kitchen sinks, folded in purses, or tucked into car compartments for "just in ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste ... This means more plastic in our oceans, more greenhouse gas emissions and more toxic air pollution, which exacerbates the climate ...

Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

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.

Corn chip bags are their first target. Polymateria, a British firm, is taking a different approach, developing chemical additives to help biodegrade any plastic—bio based or synthetic—more ...

A seal pup named after Queen guitarist Brian May had a hair-raising experience after swallowing pieces of a plastic bag. Staff at the ... "how detrimental plastic pollution is".

Period. Bar none,” Savoca says, referring to straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic.

“Phasing out the single-use plastics, including plastic bags, is just key to addressing this plastic pollution crisis,” she said. The county’s existing 5-cent carryout-bag tax was designed ...