PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

An ABC News investigation offers a rare glimpse into the plastic waste trade. Pua Lay Peng lives on the front lines of the global plastic pollution crisis. The 52-year-old's hometown of Jenjarom, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The fight to reduce plastic waste may not be delivered as promised, with plastic bags dropped off at grocery stores across the area to be recycled, instead ending up in landfills ...

UB researchers have published a journal article quantifying the unintended consequences of New York State’s Plastic Bag Waste Reduction Law and ways to address those consequences. The aim of the study ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

When it comes to recycling, most folks know to sort their plastic and paper, thanks to the blue and green plastic sorting bins given out by their municipal departments. But beyond the basics of ...

Plastic waste is incredibly harmful to wildlife and the environment. Several U.S. states have taken action and banned the use of plastic bags as of 2026.

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...