Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Katy Perry asked us all if we ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again, the metaphor ...

"I used to never bring reusable bags to Trader Joe’s. I’d walk out with four giant paper bags and no plan for what to do with them." ...

Whether you're grabbing groceries or picking up prescriptions, the choice between plastic, paper, and reusable bags has become unexpectedly complex. What seems like a simple environmental decision ...

ORINDA, Calif. -- An effort to ban the use of all plastic bags in grocery stores in California is moving forward. AB 2236 and SB 1053, an identical set of bills, passed each House on May 21 with ...

Giant Eagle is going back to disposable plastic bags after a year of reusable fabric bags, according to a statement from a company spokesperson. Since May 2024, the Pittsburgh-based grocery chain has ...

H-E-B celebrated its annual School Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge with students from Santa Rita Elementary Friday.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A state bill to close a loophole in California’s single-use plastic bag ban that allows for stores to distribute a “recyclable” alternative passed through its first hurdle.

With the start of New Jersey’s strict ban on single use plastic bags, it’s not too early to start shopping for the reusable ones you’re going to have to bring to the store Reminders of the coming May ...

*California lawmakers recently approved two bills banning grocery and convenience stores statewide from offering reusable plastic bags. Advocates of the bills, AB2236 and SB1053, argue that these ...