Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental crisis. Millions of plastic or polythene bags are used and discarded each year, contributing to the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans.

The plastics recycling rate in the U.S. is very low, but there are tricks to improving your own plastic accountability.

Bangladesh must re-evaluate its approach to plastic waste management and strengthen the role of its informal economy to pave the way for a sustainable future ...

The gusseted bags market has been growing rapidly in recent years, with its valuation reaching an estimated USD 4.4 billion ...

But when it comes to the more than 200 pounds of plastic waste each of us generates per year, we only put about 15 percent of ...

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco Paper or paper?

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins ... in some plastics can leach out of packaging into food, and end up ingested and ...

and patterned plastic bags are not allowed inside the zone. However, clutch purses and clear, plastic bags are permitted. Medical bags and diaper bags are also allowed but expect them to be searched.

The Mandatory Jute Packaging Act, a law that Bangladesh formulated in 2010 to curb the use of plastic bags for packaging, directs the use of biodegradable jute sacks for 19 commodities ...