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

First, you flatten the bag. Then, fold it lengthwise into thirds in a long strip. Starting at the bottom, fold it up into small squares. Keep folding until you reach the handles, then tuck the handles ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

Plastic bags are made through a process that starts with raw materials such as polyethylene pellets. These pellets are fed into an extrusion machine, where they are heated and melted into a ...

By spinning bacteria in a controlled flow, scientists produce aligned cellulose sheets with tensile strength over 500 MPa.

The average person still uses 140 plastic bags in a year — about the height of an 18-story building, new research suggests.

Carrying a plastic carrier bag in your hand luggage could stop the spread of nasty germs in public toilets, and this frequent ...

With over 200,000 plastic bags going into landfills every hour, this system offers a way for customers to rent a bag they can reuse for 30 days then return to a participating store for a cleaned one.

While the severity of plastic bag bans and the quality of implementation varies from country to country, only some places have outright banned all non-compostable plastic bags. Many countries ...

The plastic films and sheets market research report is one of a series of new reports that provides plastic films and sheets market statistics, including plastic films and sheets industry global ...