California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

A study examining how nanoplastics interact with brain proteins has identified a possible mechanism that could contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.

They're caught up in trees, squirreled away in kitchen pantries and floating along with the ocean's current. They're plastic bags — among the 84 billion that Americans use each year — and heightened ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

Shoppers likely would see a 10-cent fee per plastic and paper disposable bags at the checkouts of major supermarkets and Walmart by early 2014, according to policy direction given to city staff by the ...

The measure falls under New Zealand’s Waste Minimisation Act and will require producers and importers to fund the collection, ...