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.

WYNOT, Neb. (KTIV) — Students at Wynot Public Schools celebrated on Friday after collecting more than 16,000 plastic bags during September’s “plastic bag challenge,” an initiative designed to help ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

FARGO — The FM Plastic Bag Task Force has started its 2020 Plastic Bag Challenge Jan. 6. The Plastic Bag Challenge encourages the use of shopping with a reusable bag and avoiding plastic bags. Fifth ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

Plastic bags littering the shoreline is a common sight on beaches around the world. CREDIT: Prasit Photo via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses. In the coming year, that ban will become more strict as the thicker, ...