Aldi, Asda and Sainsbury’s have increased their plastic bag charges by up to 50% in the past two years. You’ll now pay anything from 10p to 60p for a reusable plastic bag at major supermarkets, with ...

Ten years ago, the way Britons carried groceries home changed forever with the introduction of the plastic bag charge - then set at a relatively paltry five pence. The measure, which mandated a charge ...

Single-use plastic bags are used a lot less since the charge, but some campaigners say the figure doesn't tell the whole story Single-use plastic bags usage has dropped 98% since the 5p charge for was ...

A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on pollution. A new study looks how successful bans on single-use plastic bags are to cut down on ...

A new 5p charge for plastic bags was introduced in England on 5 October 2015. Here's what you need to know. Shoppers are charged 5p for every new plastic bag they use at large stores in England. The ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

Plans are under way for a 5p charge for plastic bags to be introduced in England Once heralded as a cheap, convenient way to carry groceries, the humble plastic bag has earned a reputation among some ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

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 ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

The supermarket chain Morrisons is raising the price of its reusable plastic bags from 10p to 15p as a trial and introducing a 20p paper version. The paper bags will be available in eight stores as ...