Alarmed by all the plastic packaging you see when you go shopping? You’re not alone. An interactive art exhibit called The Plastic Bag Store showcases what an entire grocery store may look like if ...

New York state may be joining the states that require recycled plastics to be used in garbage bags. Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick, D-Nanuet, recently reintroduced legislation first introduced in the ...

Little Rock, Arkansas-based film recycling company Revolution has launched Dailygood Bags, which it says are the most eco-friendly heavy-duty trash bags made for everyday household use. The bags are ...

Midland, Michigan-based Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of DowDuPont Materials Science, through its participation in the Trash Free Seas Alliance, and in collaboration with ...

The Lorain County Solid Waste Management District will begin accepting plastic grocery bags on Nov. 15 at the Lorain County ...

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose ...

In you’re a conscientious consumer, you’re probably trying to curb your use of virgin plastic by bringing your own tote bags to the grocery store and using refillable water bottles. Yet plastic lurks ...

California banned single-use plastic grocery bags in 2016, becoming the first state to take this major environmental step. In the eight years it has been in effect, billions of flimsy plastic bags ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. — A traveling art installation and immersive film experience, The Plastic Bag Store is using a sense of humor to tell a unique interactive story about the amount of plastic waste ...

Pittsburgh recently joined a growing number of local governments, including Philadelphia, that have approved a ban on single-use plastic bags at the register at stores. “I’m thrilled. I am absolutely ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters California is known for its ban-first-ask-questions-later ...

Lorain County is launching a new plastic bag recycling program that will turn trash into treasure for local schools, with the ...