"We need to change our system." Bystander makes sad discovery caught inside plastic bag found floating in local pond: 'Thank goodness you were there' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Every year on July 3, people around the world mark International Plastic Bag Free Day, a reminder that a basic item utilised ...

A floating plastic bag got aggressive with a resident of Prospect Lefferts Gardens in Brooklyn. Image Despite penalties for violating the ban, plastic bags are still a common sight in New York City.

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

California's plastic bag ban aimed to ... floating off trash cans and ... volunteers with the California Coastal Cleanup removed 65,736 plastic bags of all kinds from the shoreline, water, ...

The remains of Heather Rose Strickland, 34, were recovered by a group of fishermen, floating off Egmont Key, Fla., according to an FBI news release.

A dead man with a clear plastic bag over his head was found floating in the Hudson River near Manhattan’s W. 79th St. Boat Basin early Monday, police said.

The Georgia senate is considering a plastic bag ban. They haven't been popular in the past, but the bill hopes to clean up pollution starting in 2026.

It looks like a plastic bag. It acts like a plastic bag. But it dissolves completely in water — unlike a plastic bag. This plastic alternative is the brainchild of Sharon Barak, chief technology ...

Developed by a company called Ran Marine Technology, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the WasteShark is a water-based cleaning robot that removes floating pollution ...

People have been sharing a rumored pest control hack that supposedly repels houseflies with pennies, water and a plastic bag. Here's how and why some Americans are trying it.