Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...

“People wound up buying more plastic.” To draw their conclusions, the researchers first quantified plastic bag sales by analyzing barcode scanner data on consumer purchases. California scientists ...

A community member alerted the police after finding a newborn baby, believed to have been a couple of hours old abandoned in ...

Court records show Michael Grindrod faces five felony counts of willful and malicious torturing or maiming of an animal.

On November 19, the United Nations wants toilets to be top of mind — and they don't mean for the Property Brothers on a ...

Three college students in Karnataka’s Hassan district performed a dangerous act for a social media reel by bursting a ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Central Credit Union rolled out a clear bag policy on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The new policy comes nearly a ...

When transporting dirty clothes, shoes, or food in your suitcase, it’s also a good idea to wrap the offending items in plastic bags so your suitcase won't absorb smells or get stained.

In an attempt to make a viral social media post, three students in Karnataka's Hassan district placed a cracker inside a ...

The woman choked to death outside a Manhattan hotel was found unconscious with her head buried in a big plastic bag of hotel ...