If you live in New Jersey, it is almost a guarantee that you have a reusable grocery bag at home or in your car. The odds are also high that the bag is filled with several more. The growing stockpiles ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

California's 2026 plastic bag ban ends all plastic checkout bags. Learn what’s changing and how it affects your shopping ...

Plastic pollution is one of many symptoms associated with recycling and climate change that continue to negatively impact the environment, say experts. “Whenever we talk about anything that's ...

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

Grocery stores may offer recycled paper bags at checkout, or consumers can use their own bags to carry out purchases.

I noticed a plastic bag high in the tree outside my home. I wanted to hire a squirrel to get it out of the tree. Squirrels are not very helpful, unfortunately. As we drove around doing errands, I was ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Reusable bags are a sustainable alternative to disposable plastic options, which often end up in landfills (or the ocean) and can take more than a decade to degrade. If you’re ready to say goodbye to ...

LEAF RAPIDS, Manitoba — This town, in conjunction with Bring Your Own Bag, a reusable enviro-bag program, has become the first Canadian municipality to ban single-use plastic bags. Under Bylaw 462, ...