“Each flower is made of a discarded plastic bag, material which I stumble upon, which I clean and sort out and which I will shape. Here, we see a piece made of everyday rubbish, here it's fishing nets ...

Two thousand flowers are in bloom right now at the New England Botanic Garden's annual orchid show. But tucked among the living plants are dozens of sculptures of orchids made from single-use plastic ...

State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them are found littered along U.S. shorelines — potentially cutting that type of waste in half in ...

Jake Diettrich, manager of Market Outlet, a Pittsburgh produce shop, has been grappling since January with the city’s plastic bag ban. Diettrich has had to calm grumbling patrons, swap his stock of ...

A ban on single-use plastic bags in Pittsburgh will be delayed by several months, city officials said Thursday. The bag ban, which was approved last April, was slated to go into effect on April 14.

On July 1, Salisbury will join a number of Maryland cities in banning the use of single-use plastic bags thanks to an ordinance by its City Council. According to Ordinance 2756, approved Dec. 6, 2022, ...

PITTSBURGH — The City of Pittsburgh’s single-use plastic bag ban, an initiative that has been in the works since 2021, is set to take effect this weekend. According to the mayor’s office, all retail ...