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 ...

Wonder Land: One of the campaign’s most important issues is the vast power and authority of the federal government. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Mr. Bonta garnered headlines ...

Billions of plastic bags will now be removed from the waste stream, no longer causing harm as they break down into micro-plastics. Oceans, rivers, marine life and ultimately humans who ingest them ...

In California, shoppers will have only one bag option at the checkout line starting in 2026. A decade ago, California became the first US state to ban single-use plastic bags, the flimsy sacks ...

A new law in California will ban plastic bags from being sold in stores such as Target and Walmart from January 2026. The law ...

The new law, first announced in February, prohibits the importation, production, sale and use of plastic ... bags, saying the industry was worth more than $50 million. "There is no justification ...

PETALING JAYA: Some 16 retail chains nationwide have pledged to no longer provide single-use plastic bags to customers from Tuesday (Oct 1), says Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MARKET. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO SEND IT. PLASTIC BAGS. NO CHANCE. THEY GET PICKED OUT AND THROWN INTO A BIN HEADED FOR THEIR FINAL DESTINATION. THERE JUST AREN’T GOOD ...

It is telling shops to use less packaging for their items and give “no bag” options ... are required to charge a minimum of HK$1 for each plastic bag, unless food items are unpackaged.

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 ...

The ban on plastic bags in supermarkets is not a unilateral decision by the government but has been agreed upon in consultation with supermarket owners, she said. Alternatives such as jute ...