There is a growing awareness about the negative effects. Lawmakers move forward on bill banning common grocery store item: ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Ripping the plastic wrap from the meat or prepackaged fruit and veggies you purchased at the grocery store may contaminate ...

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

The grocery chain is replacing its fabric reusable bags with new single-use plastic bags made from 75% recycled material. The move comes after low customer adoption of the reusable options.

Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones. A 2011 study by Britain’s Environment Agency, for example, concluded that you’d have to reuse a paper bag three times to ...

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can ...

Following the repeal, plastic bag purchases fell gradually but failed to return to pre-policy levels even after 18 months — the conclusion of the study’s timeframe.

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

In 2021, some 231,072 tons of plastic grocery and merchandise bags went to landfills, according to the state’s recycling agency, CalRecycle. Muhammad Owais Khan.

"Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.California had ...

Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.