LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington’s Sustainability section wants your plastic bags. Plastic bags are not recyclable in blue recycling carts or dumpsters, but through a partnership with NexTrex, they ...

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 enacted ...

Plastic bags. Plastic forks. Plastic straws. All are non-biodegradable, single-use plastics that you can’t traditionally recycle—meaning that they inevitably end up in our seemingly never-ending waste ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

The Las Cruces City Council approved a revised plastic bag fee ordinance, which has collected approximately $700,000 since its adoption.

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered along U.S. shorelines — potentially cutting that type of waste in half in ...

Richmond will charge a 5-cent plastic bag tax starting in 2026 at grocery and convenience stores, raising $400,000 for ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

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 ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...