In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from ...

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose ...

In a move to reduce plastic waste and the use of single-use plastic bags in its fresh produce department, Coles has ...

I can reuse it. Instead of using plastic grocery bags, bring old bags or reusable bags or use the paper bags. I use those when I do art. I cut them and I use them for projects. I also purchase ...

State Sen. Catherine Blakespear, one of the bill’s supporters, said people were not reusing or recycling any plastic bags. She pointed to a state study that found that the amount of plastic ...

Catherine Blakespear, who'd said that reuse and recycling of plastic bags just wasn't happening. "She pointed to a state study that found that the amount of plastic shopping bags trashed per ...

According to the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), an advocacy organization, only 2 percent of customers were reusing the plastic bags provided from stores, as they are harder ...

California banned single-use plastic bags on Sept. 22, correcting a loophole in the original law. CALPIRG engaged in grassroots organizing on the matter for the year prior.

But state studies show that people were not reusing or recycling the thicker bags, which led to an actual increase in plastic bags thrown away. "There was a sudden surge in these much thicker ...

Each set of Food Huggers comes with five round pieces in assorted sizes to fit over all sorts of fruits and veggies. True to ...

“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by ...

MIKE. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. AND GOOD MORNING. IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU WENT TO THE GROCERY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND. AND WHEN YOU GOT TO THE CHECKOUT, YOU WERE ASKED PAPER OR PLASTIC? WELL, THAT’S A ...