plastic bags

Artist Hugo McCloud spotlights waste with art made of plastic bags

Artist Hugo McCloud, known for using unusual medium choices such as aluminum sheeting, tar paper, scrap metal and...

This week, supermarket chain ALDI pledged to offer 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging on...

Jamaica has become the latest country to introduce a ban on single-use plastics. In order to reduce pollution and...

A popular supermarket chain in the U.K. is taking a step toward bettering the environment by putting a stop to...

The Kroger supermarket conglomerate announced on Thursday that it is planning a phase-out of plastic bags at all...

Over the next six months, Thailand will ban the import of 432 types of scrap electronics, or e-waste. E-waste includes...

Following a 5p charge per bag, the sale of plastic bags in the U.K. has fallen by 86 percent, according to reports...

Single-use plastic bags are going out of style in Australia, but shoppers aren't thrilled by the reduction. Two...

Over 15,000 plastic bottles were temporarily given a new lease on life as a glowing labyrinth in Vatican Square,...

The United Nations has released its first-ever global plastics report on June 5th, World Environment Day. Well-timed...

Plastic pollution is a scourge upon the planet - and it turns out that it's reached the deepest ocean trench on...

Could New York be the next state to ban plastic bags? Ten cities and towns in New York have already put plastic...

Only two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

Boston just became Massachusetts' 60th town to pass a ban on plastic bags. Mayor Martin Walsh recently signed the...

A shockingly large number of plastic bags appeared to fill a historic stone building to near bursting in Bordeaux...