The idea is simple: Reduce plastic waste by requiring shoppers to bring their own reusable bags. The reality is messy. Plastic bag bans have spread across the nation, but some data suggests that ...

When Washington’s ban on single-use plastic bags went into effect in October 2021, the goal was to reduce plastic waste by changing shopping habits. Rather than walking out of the grocery store with a ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide. Senate Bill 551, ...

Charleston County Council will look at making some changes to an ordinance banning single-use plastic bags to extend to thick ...

Leo Moya, a cashier at Nelson’s Meats in Albuquerque, bags a customer’s order in this April 2022 file photo. A bill that would prohibit New Mexico grocery stores, restaurants and other retailers from ...

TOWSON, Md. (WBFF) — A proposal to ban plastic bags in Baltimore County was introduced at the Baltimore County Council meeting on January 3, 2023. The "Bring Your Own Bag" Act was introduced by ...

Eric Smith plans to file a lawsuit against the city of Duluth over the cost of plastic bags. He attended the Duluth City Council meeting Monday to ask about the bag ordinance fee. He said when he ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Plastic bags will eventually be removed from Baltimore County businesses, forcing shoppers to invest in reusable bags or pay a fee. The Baltimore County Council voted to pass a ...

(WJAR) — Come July, all single-use plastic bags will be taken out of Stop & Shop stores across the Northeast. In addition to the elimination of single-use plastic bags, a spokesperson for Stop & Shop ...

I was a postdoc at the Yale Center for Customer Insights when the experiment was conducted at Google. Google provided funding to YCCI and their employees were coauthors on the bottle experiment paper ...

New Jersey’s single-use bag and container ban, one of the strictest in the country, is officially in effect. Stores in New Jersey are no longer allowed to provide or sell single-use plastic carryout ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Imagine if Richmonders had to pay 5 cents for every plastic bag that they use to carry groceries from the store. Eight Virginia localities have already passed ordinances to ...