These days, when you head to a shop to buy clothes, most brands package your purchases in a recyclable paper bag, which looks more eco-friendly than plastic. But behind the scenes—in back rooms that ...

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

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

This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

Plastic is fed into a shredder before being ground down into smaller pieces and melted, on Feb. 22 at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls. The company uses recycled plastic material — ...

CHICAGO -- Studies show that the overall recycling rate for all plastics is under 10 percent, and that number is likely much lower for plastic bags since they can't be put in into recycling bins at ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

Limited mobility for nearly all Americans has still meant regular trips to the grocery store. That's right in the wheelhouse for Crown Poly Inc., which provides supermarkets with the Pull-N-Pak ...

FOLLOW IT. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE AT THE PARKWAY CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY’RE ADJUSTING TO THE NEW PLASTIC BAG BAN. THEY KNOW TO BRING THEIR OWN BAGS TO THE GROCERY ...

Nine years ago California banned grocery stores from giving out flimsy single-use plastic grocery bags, the first state to do so. And the law has been facing obstacles ever since. Days after it passed ...