In you’re a conscientious consumer, you’re probably trying to curb your use of virgin plastic by bringing your own tote bags to the grocery store and using refillable water bottles. Yet plastic lurks ...

Trash bags present the most ridiculous kind of conundrum. They’re meant to contain our waste and therefore assist us in disposing of it in a way that’s kind to our environment — but trash bags are ...

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

Nylon reusable trash bags on Sullivan’s Island are going to be at beachgoers’ disposal courtesy of town council. The environmental initiative is being adopted after one resident and his dog created a ...

After plastic bag bans passed in the city of Charleston and surrounding municipalities, big retail stores such as Walmart and Target found a loophole: those extra-thick plastic bags that can be washed ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Banning reusable bags is one regulation some grocery stores are implementing to keep customers safe from coronavirus, but experts say the move isn’t backed by data. Because of the ...

Q: I have been making a big effort to get away from single-use plastics. As I unpacked my reusable grocery bags, I realized that it was full of produce in single-use plastic! Any suggestions? A: It’s ...

Zip Top reusable silicone bags are one of the best eco-friendly discoveries I’ve made in the past year, hands down. I use them daily to store everything from cut fruit to leftover soup to pretzels.

When a group of high school seniors teamed up with Ramapo College and the Paterson Museum to examine the use of bags — both single-use plastic and reusable — in northern New Jersey in 2018, they ...

For the 35 years he’s owned Monaghan’s Pub in Woodlawn, Jack Milani has always offered free paper bags to his customers after a sale. But starting Wednesday, when Baltimore County’s Bring Your Own Bag ...

More than five months into New Jersey’s strict ban on plastic bags, a pair of state lawmakers are calling for an audible. State Sens. Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, co-sponsor of the law to ban plastic bags, ...