Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use of plastic bags as of 2026.

Lorain County’s plastic bag recycling contest kept nearly 300 pounds out of landfills and rewarded schools with recycled ...

The state is reviewing draft rules for producers to make single-use packaging and food packaging recyclable and compostable by 2032.

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put out for recycling, so reusing them whenever possible is ideal. But how do you ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

CalPirg estimates the California ban will eliminate more than 11.5 billion plastic bags from the environment per year. Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, customers in California will no longer be given a ...

Lawmakers are discussing a new bill aimed at expanding the state's existing plastic bag ban while increasing the fee for ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...