Over the past decade, many cities and states across the country have passed plastic bag bans and taxes in an effort to curb plastic pollution. While it still may be too early to gather definitive data ...

Lagos, with its coastal geography, had become especially vulnerable to the effects of plastic pollution. Thin plastics and ...

Carrying a plastic carrier bag in your hand luggage could stop the spread of nasty germs in public toilets, and this frequent ...

Every year on July 3, people around the world mark International Plastic Bag Free Day, a reminder that a basic item utilised ...

In Lagos and across Nigeria, these banned plastic items are a staple at parties, roadside food stalls, markets, fast-food outlets, joints, roadside vendors, and restaurant.

A travel vlogger who has visited more than 50 countries has shared his packing tips, including the one item he describes as a ...

Ghanaian plastic manufacturers are calling on the government to ban plastic imports as the country prepares new regulations ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Residents in the city can put plastic pots, tubs and trays in with their mixed recycling from Monday, 30 June.

Plastic pots, tubs and trays can be put in mixed recycling bins from Monday (30 June), Brighton and Hove City Council said.

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.