A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

When two Texas cities prohibited stores from giving away plastic grocery bags for free, the sale of such bags surged in response, according to the study, published in the Journal of Marketing Research ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

More than 17 retailers have taken no steps to protect their customers from chemicals in their packaging that can lead to diseases ranging from obesity to cancer, according to the 2024 Report ...