Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Starting Tuesday, plastic bags will be banned at businesses in Evanston. The ban includes plastic pre-checkout(produce) bags. There will also be a 10-cent tax on all bag types ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Plastic bag bans and fees have spread across the United States, and new research show they're doing a good job at cutting down on litter, although some rules work better than others. In places where ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

Armstrong Williams’ commentary “Are plastic bag bans increasing plastic use?” missed the point of plastic bag bans, which is to remove the bags from circulation in order to decrease litter and ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. CREDIT: Prasit Photo via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

Henry Gabriel, Honolulu’s Recycling Program Branch Chief, joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss the evolution of and compliance with the City’s nearly decade old “plastic bag ban,” ...