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 ...

No matter what type of reusable grocery bags you prefer ... More and more we are seeing states eliminating plastic bags and ...

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

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

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 the change, stating that the initiative, first launched in 2008, had achieved its goal: making reusable bags the norm. The grocery store's 17-year anti-plastic-bag policy ...

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.

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 ...