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 ...

Senate Bill 551, the so-called “beyond the bag ban” bill, would build on regulations lawmakers approved in 2019.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Lexington’s recycling center can not take plastic bags. The new effort will turn plastic bags collected into a bench for Lextran riders.

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