The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will overhaul a 2012 county law on plastic and paper bag use. County officials ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in ... 1 and it’s expected that there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. 2 The fossil fuel industry plans to increase ...

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

An inspector general’s report said the county’s current bag policy has been inefficient, leading to millions of dollars in lost revenue.