Eight states have banned single-use plastic bags from stores, and the results of the bans have been a mixed bag, with some ...

Ten years ago, California became the first U.S. state to ban plastic bags. But over the next few years, the state’s landfills ...

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

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

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.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a ...

leaving a loophole for stores to use thicker plastic. Laura Deehan, the director of Environment California, told local news that the bags actually created more waste as shoppers did not reuse or ...

Currently, the Green Guides state that marketers should qualify claims that products are recyclable when recycling facilities ...

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 ...