Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban, introduced in October 2023, was designed to address environmental concerns by eliminating ...

New Jersey's sweeping ban, part of the state's Get Past Plastic Act, has proved greatly effective in the fight against retail ...

While California was ahead of the curve with its single-use plastic bag ban, the loophole that allows stores to sell thicker, “reusable” bags for $.10 handicapped its overall effectiveness ...

Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully mitigate plastic bag litter along beaches, lakes, and rivers, according to a study published June 19 in the journal Science.

More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags ...

Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted three years ago. Assemblyman John Azzariti Jr ...

They found that plastic-bag litter dropped significantly in areas with bag laws, even as the national share of plastic bags found during cleanups increased to 6.7% in 2023 from 4.5% in 2016.

Other analyses have shown that California’s partial bag ban led to an increase in the weight of plastic bags used per person between 2014 and 2021. The state closed this loophole last year by ...

The report states that in jurisdictions with bans, billions of plastic bags have been prevented from entering circulation (see pg. 17), plastic bag litter on beaches has gone down 33% – 50% (pg ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.