LAS CRUCES - Most retailers are prohibited from providing shoppers with single-use plastic bags at checkout due to a new city ordinance that went into effect Jan. 1. Paper bags can be purchased for 10 ...

The move is a dramatic reversal of the recent trend of states and municipalities banning single-use plastic bags. Over the past few years, Hawaii, California, and more recently Oregon and New York ...

ISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER LIFTING HIS PREVIOUS BAN ON REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS. XXXXXX GRAPHIC-- GOVERNOR SUNUNU FIRST MADE THE ANNOUNCEMNET ON TWITTER, WRITING, IN PART, "WE LOOKED AT THE LATEST DATA, ...

If you’re focused on sustainability and/or zero waste, you probably cringe every time you return home from the grocery store and pull out bag after bag of fruits and vegetables, each tucked inside ...

I noticed a plastic bag high in the tree outside my home. I wanted to hire a squirrel to get it out of the tree. Squirrels are not very helpful, unfortunately. As we drove around doing errands, I was ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

Would you be as likely to forget your reusable cloth shopping bags if it added several dollars to your grocery bill? Would you be more likely to buy a dozen cloth bags if you got taxed for carrying ...

Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.

CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. By now you know skipping plastic bags at the grocery ...

Recycling single-use plastic bags is old news to consumers and retailers using store drop-off for high- and low-density polyethylene (HDPE and LDPE) bags and PE films, but we haven’t heard much about ...