Discover the intricate process of manufacturing plastic shopping bags, from plastic extrusion to the final cutting and ...

Can you actually reuse plastic bags? Experts share how to safely reuse plastic bags and when to recycle instead.

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- ...

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...