Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum issued orders this week that overturn a Biden ban on plastic. He also wants park ...

"They are a waste of valuable resources and are often discarded improperly." Government makes sweeping move to eliminate ...

Massachusetts becomes first to ban purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies Massachusetts buys about 100,000 of the plastic water bottles each year. The order bars all executive ...

Shrewsbury Town Meeting members banned plastic bags in 2017 by defeating a citizens petition to reverse a ban that Town Meeting approved in 2016. Special Town Meeting voted in 2018 to ban food ...

The legislation will prohibit stores and restaurants from providing heavier plastic bags, as well as fabric checkout bags, ...

The lawsuit claims the companies have deceived consumers by advertising their single-use plastic bottles as an "environmentally responsible choice," according to an April 11 filing in the Superior ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use plastic bags and ban the use of most polystyrene containers in the state over the next ...

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 ...

The researchers state that the largest area of application for biodegradable plastic materials is the packaging segment, which accounts for about half of single-use plastic production. While ...