Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Starting Jan. 1, all Californians should see the rollout of a state law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in 2022 requiring that those ...

In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in ...

Under the county’s current laws, retailers charge 5 cents for plastic bags. Four cents go to the county for its Water Quality ...

and the PE is made domestically from natural gas,” a general manager of bag supplier Crown Poly said in a 2023 report (PDF) prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an industry group, the ...

Alisha Iler's dog, Pickle, licked peanut butter off of a reclosable plastic bag covering a canvas with drops of paint.

What is a Colostomy Bag? A colostomy bag is a pouch made of heavy-duty plastic that’s worn on your body and collects your poop. You will need to use one of these bags if you had a colostomy ...

Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

To the editor: Los Angeles passed a ban on supermarket plastic bags in 2013, which the state followed with its ban a year later, preempting L.A.’s ordinance. But the state version had an ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery ... gas,” a general manager of bag supplier Crown Poly said in a 2023 report prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an ...