When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

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

In 2010, eight million tons of plastic trash ended up in the ocean from coastal countries—far more than the total that has been measured floating on the surface in the ocean's "garbage patches." ...

LifeArk's amphibious housing can move with rising water, which lets people build in areas with high flood risk.

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

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

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...

Policies aimed at reducing single-use plastic bags have led to a significant decrease in bags found on shorelines.