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 ...

When I was younger, it was embarrassing to admit that many of my clothes were secondhand or that I didn’t own many brand-name ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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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.

Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets ...

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 ...

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 ...