At least 148 of the objects were confirmed to be litter, while 19 were suspected but unconfirmed. Plastic accounted for most (88 percent) of the garbage, but there were also significant amounts of ...

The Washington State Senate passed House Bill 1293, increasing penalties for littering. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark ...

New Jersey’s plastic bag ban, enacted in May 2022 under Governor Phil Murphy, aimed to curb environmental pollution by ...

Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

The amount of plastic litter on beaches around the UK increased by almost a tenth last year, volunteer beach cleans have revealed. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said more than 15,000 ...

Meanwhile, their cities and towns are suffering the health, environmental, aesthetic and financial implications of plastic bag litter and pollution, they say. More broadly, environmental advocates ...