Connecticut has eliminated billions of plastic bags from the economy and ecosystem with a ban on single-use bags. But what do ...

A reusable grocery bag takes the place of a plastic or paper bag at the store. It should be portable and able to comfortably ...

Albert Heijn has rolled out new reusable bread bags in 600 stores in the Netherlands to reduce the use of plastic in ...

Whole Foods confirmed that since the use of reusable grocery bags is now standard practice, the program has achieved its goal ...

Plastic bags were banned while I was going to college in New York City, so the collection started back then and has spiraled ...

Guam's commissaries got rid of plastic and paper bags ... Purchasing 44 reusable bags that one time would add $15.40 to his grocery bill. In comparison, he said, his local Seattle-area Safeway ...

That means billions of plastic bags end up in landfills every year. But we can do something about it. On your next grocery trip, don’t just bring your reusable shopping bags—bring along ...

Oregon Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would ban single-use checkout bags statewide and allow only recycled paper bags.

In 2019, lawmakers passed a bill to phase out plastic film grocery bags but allowed stores and restaurants to provide thicker “reusable” plastic bags. Senate Bill 551 would ban those heavier bags. It ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Since New York’s ban on the distribution of single-use plastic bags took effect five years ago, Francisco Marte, who owns five bodegas in the Bronx with his brothers, has been conflicted about how to ...