Heading into the grocery store, without remembering to bring your reusable bags, you may be forced to pay the 5 cent per bag tax for that forgetfulness. As you rack up your bag use tally, you may ...

Jenna Kowaleski column: Meaningful change is in the (plastic) bag There are much larger, sweeping laws other than a bag fee that impact us. Unseen but there, they shape our behavior.

A new study finds that regional plastic bag bans in the U.S. significantly reduce coastal plastic bag litter compared with areas without such policies. Single-use plastic bags are one of the most ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses.

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing plastic bag litter by 25-47% and potentially protecting wildlife from en… ...

A 2020 Vermont law banning plastic bags in businesses resulted in a 91% drop in their use. Paper bag use saw a minor 6% increase, suggesting the 10-cent fee didn't deter consumers. Approximately ...

A new study suggests plastic bag fees could be more impactful than bans in limiting plastic bag litter on shorelines.

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 that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

Researchers conducted the first systematic review of policies around the U.S. to limit plastic bag use.