If you have a cabinet overflowing with plastic shopping bags, why not turn them into seasonal decor? This simple DIY works ...

NJ's bag ban aimed to reduce waste but has backfired, author says, increasing material use and frustration. It’s time to ...

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose ...

Every year humanity produces nearly 300 million tons of plastic. Only a fraction ever gets recycled. Most ends up in rivers, ...

A women’s self-support group in Soe has started weaving plastic waste into practical products such as bags, backpacks, ...

It has been four years since Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban went into effect at retail stores, prohibiting establishments from providing customers with single-use plastic bags. Many shoppers now ...

The Napa County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a ban on retailers providing plastic carryout bags to customers in the county’s unincorporated areas starting next year, closing a loophole that ...

Oct. 21—Plastic bags will soon be a thing of the past for grocery stores in Solano County and the state, and residents say they like the idea —though it appears that some may have to make an ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...