California's plastic bag ban aimed to reduce waste and increase recycling, but it hasn't worked out as planned. What went wrong? ... Maybe a few days, if it gets to be a garbage bag.

Trash bags are thick and use more plastic than typical shopping bags. "So about 30 percent of the plastic that was eliminated by the ban comes back in the form of thicker garbage bags," Taylor says.

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Trash bags are thick and use more plastic than typical shopping bags. "So about 30 percent of the plastic that was eliminated by the ban comes back in the form of thicker garbage bags," Taylor says.

These results echo earlier studies that also showed increases in sales of smaller plastic trash bags. While sales of smaller garbage bags jumped after policies were implemented, sales of larger 13 ...

And the question that I had was, how does banning this plastic carry out bag affect the use of other types of plastic bags, and in particular, garbage bags, because as a consumer myself, ...

“Our students (also) surveyed people asking what they reused plastic bags for and a very common answer was for garbage. People said they used them to line garbage cans in small wastepaper ...

When single-use bag regulations are in place, sales of plastic trash bags significantly increase. (Reuters/Jeenah Moon ) These reusable bags tend to travel, from public transit to restrooms to ...

Beginning May 4, 2022, grocery stores, food service businesses and other retail stores in New Jersey are prohibited from providing or selling customers with single-use plastic carryout bags ...

Plastic bags are one of the most numerous pieces of trash found in our oceans, rivers, beaches, marshes and forests. Because they are so lightweight, they are easily picked up by the wind and may ...

Trash bags are not the best protection against frost damage, primarily due to their material. Most garbage bags are made out of low-density polyethylene plastic.