On November 30, 2025 in Sichuan, China, @Shadow shared a video of a heartwarming moment between two cats. A black-and-white cat had crawled into a transparent plastic bag and was struggling to get out ...

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 ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...