Plastic bags have become a consistent source of concern for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, the organization said recently. Officials said plastic bags are not exactly recyclable and gum up ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- After an I-Team investigation exposed some of the failures of plastic bag recycling, one group of entrepreneurs says a new effort to recycle plastic bags could be a solution to the ...

For most people, plastic bags are a part of life. They are in grocery stores, malls, big box retailers and more. The average person uses hundreds of them each year. Several big box retailers and ...

Does California have a ban on plastic bags? The goals of Senate Bill 270, the so-called plastic bag ban, spoke to the “three Rs” of waste reduction: Reduce the number of plastic bags Californians use, ...

It's a similar struggle for many: You walk up to the recycling bin, look down at the item in your hand and ask yourself, "Is this recyclable?" As climate change in Austin becomes more and more ...