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

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

A practical guide from sustainability experts on reducing plastic at the grocery store and going zero waste at home.

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 ...

"Paper or plastic?" will no longer be a question in California grocery stores and convenience stores. Starting in January, ...

Do you have a family member who loves to save "stuff"? For the tidy person habits like this can be very unsettling and difficult to understand. My English mother, as her mother before her, tends to ...

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

On Dec. 19, at the Target store on Riverside Boulevard, stacks of plastic bags sat prominently at checkout counters—the only ...