Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

More than 600 bag policies, along with records from more than 45,000 shoreline cleanups between 2017 and 2023, were reviewed by researchers to see whether implementing bans or fees on plastic bags ...

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

Some plastic bag bans work better than others. The researchers collected information on 611 plastic bag policies nationwide. Of those, the most common was complete bans, which made up almost 60% ...

Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests. 19 June 2025. ... Share Save. EPA. Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Plastic bag bans seem to work when it comes to shoreline pollution ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulations ...

Plastic bag bans are helping clean up US coastlines: Study Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a ...