A year after Frederick’s ban on businesses distributing plastic bags to customers, the measure seems to have achieved its ...

Community members packed Montgomery County Council chambers to share both support and distaste for a proposed near-complete ...

An inspector general’s report said the county’s current bag policy has been inefficient, leading to millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 ...

Virginia grocery stores could be forced to do away with plastic shopping bags. House Bill 1662, introduced by Del. Michael Jones (D-Chesterfield), would make it illegal for any grocery store in ...

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 ...

Montgomery County is considering a ban on plastic bags. Bill 2424, also known as the "Bring Your Own Bag" bill, was ...

An animal rights group has put up a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons ...

State legislators want to reduce plastic waste by barring restaurants from automatically giving customers single-use cutlery ...