WSPA

S.C. State Parks to eliminate plastic bags, water bottles in retail stores

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – South Carolina State Parks announced Monday it plans to stop providing plastic bags in its retail stores and stop selling plastic single-use water bottles. “Why are you ...
Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
Forbes

Plastic Bag Bans Tackle Ocean Pollution Right, Study Finds

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...
The Republic

Colombian waste pickers inundate iconic Bogota square with plastic bottles to protest falling wages

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of Colombian waste pickers inundated Bogota’s iconic Bolivar Square with about 15 tons of recyclable goods Tuesday to protest decreasing income and tougher conditions ...
CNN

Why Walmart is eliminating single-use bags in some states but not others

Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month. The company previously stopped giving out single-use ...