Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

UNESCO and Plastic Odyssey have announced a new strategic partnership to address the escalating crisis of plastic pollution ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered ...