I own at least a dozen reusable shopping bags at this point, and I don't even remember where half of them came from. Plastic bags were banned while I was going to college in New York City, so the ...

It’s no secret that the flimsy plastic bags many grocery store chains use aren’t good for the environment. After one use, many of them end up in landfills, where they can take 1,000 years to degrade.

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

The Kroger Co., Target, CVS Health and Dollar General are among seven chain retailers participating in a pair of reusable bag pilots in three states with the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag.

For more than two decades, Chico entrepreneur Andy Keller has had a simple answer to the familiar grocery-store question: ...

Getting ready for the New Jersey bag ban on May 4 is easy with the countless reusable shopping bags you can buy online. Although with all of these options, it’s difficult to know which are reliable ...

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When New York State instituted its single use plastic carryout bag ban in 2020 I was all for it, for both fashion and environmental reasons. A perennial New York City eyesore were plastic bags snagged ...

California law bans plastic bags at grocery checkouts, requiring shoppers to use reusable bags or pay for the recycled paper ...

The new California law bans all plastic carryout bags at grocery, pharmacy and convenience store checkouts, including thicker ...