YORK COUNTY, Va. — What may look like an ordinary bench, is much more. "We take plastic bags and other stretch film and consumer films, mix it with hardwood sawdust, extrude it and make beautiful ...

ACCOUNTABLE. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES. TONIGHT, AN EFFORT TO CLEAN UP KANSAS CITY. IT’S PART OF OUR ONGOING DIRTY KANSAS CITY SERIES THAT’S TRIED TO MAKE SURE OUR REGION REMAINS PRESENTABLE.

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...