Decrease your plastic consumption and increase your grocery-carrying capabilities with these plastic bag alternatives that you'll enjoy having on hand.

Q: I’ve heard conflicting reports regarding how long it really takes for a plastic grocery bag to decompose. Can you set the record straight? A: Researchers fear that such ubiquitous bags may never ...

As governments move to ban plastic grocery bags, how much of an impact do they have on the world around us? The answer is both surprising and substantial.

While you can’t typically recycle plastic bags in your curbside recycling bin, you can recycle them through specialty plastic recyclers. You may even be able to drop them off at a nearby retail store ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

California sued plastic bag makers for falsely labeling products as recyclable, leading to settlements and a statewide ban.

Moves by major supermarkets to stop providing free plastic bags could save these businesses more than $170 million a year in direct costs, while potentially creating a $70 million revenue stream, but ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

PESHAWAR, June 24: Black polyethylene bags continue to be used despite being banned under the law, exposing the apathy of the Environmental Protection Agency. Production of these bags had been banned ...

Starting July 1, most large grocery stores in the state of California will be legally required to recycle plastic shopping bags. In Europe, even stricter anti-plastic measures are gaining traction.

When the British supermarket chain Tesco Plc first started ­collecting plastic bags and wrappers from customers to be recycled in March 2021, Caroline Ragueneau was thrilled. She was working as a ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would charge shoppers a fee for carryout bags, with the goal of restricting the use of plastic bags over the next few years.