U.N. environment chief urges global ban on plastic bags.

Plastic bags will be banned in Fort McMurray beginning next year in a move to green up the city’s image.

While the debate over whether or not to ban plastic bags continues in municipalities across Metro Vancouver, one Vancouver granny has found a temporary solution.

Council will this spring debate ways to reduce the number of plastic bags used by Calgarians, after requesting a report that will detail how to achieve that goal.

This year, Canadians will face a range of incentives — from municipal bans to grocery store fees — aimed at coaxing them to rethink how they carry their shopping, as governments follow a global trend to divert billions of plastic bags away from landfills.

Toronto has approved a controversial decision that will force consumers to pay for plastic shopping bags.

Both Vancouver city councillors boosting a ban on plastic bags agree that the merit of the move would be more in its symbolism, rather than its impact on waste diversion.

Los Angeles shoppers soon will not hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line.

From Australia to the U.K., and all across the U.S., politicians and corporations are pondering banning or taxing plastic bags.

Capers Whole Foods Market will stop using plastic bags at its stores by Earth Day this year -- April 22.

Chinese authorities on Tuesday said they\\'re outlawing the plastic shopping bag because of pollution and energy concerns.

On Tuesday, Huntingdon became the first Quebec municipality to go plastic bag free - at store check-out counters, at least - and the transition has been surprisingly painless, merchants say.

It is been talked about for weeks and on Monday the northern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids became the first municipality in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags.

San Francisco has become the first city in North America to ban the use of traditional plastic grocery bags, a step that municipal leaders hope will spread across the country.