Plastic waste, especially polyethylene and polypropylene, makes up a staggering two-thirds of post-consumer waste glo ...

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental crisis. Millions of plastic or polythene bags are used and discarded each year, contributing to the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans.

Several major retailers are offering paper bags to customers after Ottawa banned single-use plastic ones. But ...

The ban is set to go into effect on June 1, 2025. City officials pass new law effectively banning all single-use plastic bags ...

When an emaciated dwarf sperm whale calf washed ashore on a Florida beach last month, officials brought the distressed mammal ...

A man was arrested this week after several puppies were found tied shut in plastic bags dumped in the trash. Now, a woman is ...

Eight states have banned single-use plastic bags from stores, and the results of the bans have been a mixed bag, with some ...

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning ...

It’s been 10 years since a charge for single-use carrier bags was introduced in Scotland for the first time. The aim was to ...

Shoppers in Montgomery County may no longer have the option to use plastic bags in the future. New legislation introduced ...

ST JOHNS, Fla. — A whale’s chances of living were greatly reduced because of a plastic bag found inside its stomach. A dwarf ...

A dwarf sperm whale with a large plastic bag in its stomach was euthanized after it was washed ashore on Butler Beach in St.