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 ...

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

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, ...

Plastic bag bans and fees in the US are associated with a 25%–47% reduction in plastic bags found during shoreline cleanups compared to areas without such policies.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...