A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on pollution. A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered along U.S. shorelines — potentially cutting that type of waste in half in ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do plastic bag bans work? New study finds they save 6 billion bags a year in some US states Single-use plastic bag bans have ...