The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will overhaul a 2012 county law on plastic and paper bag use. County officials ...

President Trump's executive order banning plastic straws was signed one day before Montgomery County council members ...

Penang is stepping up its “No Plastic Bag” campaign with no bags to be given out daily from March, as part of its commitment ...

New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...

Poly-Pak Industries Inc., which has manufactured plastic bags at the company’s headquarters at 125 Spagnoli Rd. since the mid-1970s and has 177 employees, filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

Montgomery Co. joins Prince George’s, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties in adopting a bill imposing a county-wide ban on ...

The Montgomery County Council unanimously voted Tuesday to approve a proposed near-complete ban on the use of plastic ...

Have a barrage of plastic bags fly out of your cabinet every time you open it? Put an end to the mess and make yourself a ...

Montgomery County Council passed a bill to limit single-use plastic bags and strengthen its environmental efforts, with the ...

Plastic bags are everywhere—stuffed under kitchen sinks, folded in purses, or tucked into car compartments for "just in ...