This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. 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 ...

Americans use an average of 365 plastic bags each, totaling 100 billion a year. Minnesotans throw away more than 500 tons of plastic bags and packaging every day. The MPCA states that less than 10 ...

New Jersey's single-use plastic bag ban, enacted in May 2022, is considered the strongest nationwide. The ban has eliminated over 24 billion plastic bags and 480 million paper bags from the waste ...

While a handful of suburban communities, including Batavia, Chicago, Northbrook, Oak Park and Woodstock, have implemented fees on single-use plastic bags, Evanston is the only town to ban them all ...

that’s because you might have encountered the Bunsen burner in your chemistry labs. Along with his laboratory assistant Peter Desaga, he built the device that now bears his name in 1855.

Giant Eagle has reinstated plastic bags at its Erie County stores after removing them in 2022. Giant Eagle uses bags made of 75% recycled material and offers in-store recycling. Plastic bags are ...

PLAINWELL, Mich. — A local school district is working to reduce the amount of plastic bags that go into the environment. Plainwell Community Schools is collecting plastic bags from now until the ...

"I was like 'I’m cool with it,'" said Victoria Hall. New York state’s 2020 ban on plastic bags was an effort to address the environmental impacts of plastic waste. Before the ban, an estimated ...

State lawmakers are considering legislation that would ban the distribution of plastic bags at major retailers such as Walmart and Target, grocery stores like Hy-Vee and Kroger, and specialty ...

Hong Kong police arrested a 71-year-old man on Saturday for suspected animal abuse after five newborn kittens were discovered in tightly knotted plastic bags inside a rubbish bin. Police said they ...

People on social media in China have applauded a quick-thinking off-duty doctor who helped an accident victim using a badminton racquet and plastic bag to protect her injured leg. On April 5 ...