ROCKVILLE, Md. (7News) — Shoppers in Montgomery County may no longer have the option to use plastic bags in the future. New legislation introduced this past week would ban all plastic bags.

Across the EU in 2022, each person used on average 66.6 lightweight plastic carrier bags.This marked a decrease of 10.8 bags (-14 per cent) per person compared with 2021. In total, 29.8 billion ...

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Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

On Thursday, the St. Johns County Beach Services announced a large plastic bag was discovered in the main stomach of the young whale and it had to be euthanized due to its condition. "Plastic has ...

But polling this year by charity Keep Scotland Beautiful suggests more than 70% of people still see plastic bag litter in their local area. Mike Scotland, founder of Community CleanUP, a voluntary ...

Following complaints about reusable Walmart blue bags piling up in homes, the retail giant is phasing out the fabric bags, switching to paper bags for both grocery delivery and in stores.

The 2024 season has been a rough one in a series of tough ones for the Cal Poly football team over the past several years. The Mustangs will host Northern Arizona Saturday at 5 p.m. in Cal Poly's ...

Meanwhile, plastic pollution could nearly double, reaching 121 million metric tons, according to the study. In such a business-as-usual scenario, the world would amass sufficient waste between ...

They were also tied up in plastic grocery bags. “Here’s the sad part, there were six puppies. Five puppies had a paw chewed off,” she said. Kosek and her neighbor called 911 and kept the ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Graduate guard Mac Riniker's steal and layup with 45 seconds remaining against Seattle handed the Cal Poly men's basketball program the 18th and final lead change of ...