Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A coalition of plastic film recyclers and reusable bag manufacturers today launched the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA), a coalition organized to help ...

California’s revised carryout bag law, which took effect January 1, eliminates the exemption that allowed thicker plastic ...

For more than two decades, Chico entrepreneur Andy Keller has had a simple answer to the familiar grocery-store question: ...

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 ...

If you’ve visited a grocery store in the last year, chances are high that you saw single-use plastic bags swapped for another reusable bag (also made with plastic, but we’ll get to that later). Or ...

Jake Diettrich, manager of Market Outlet, a Pittsburgh produce shop, has been grappling since January with the city’s plastic bag ban. Diettrich has had to calm grumbling patrons, swap his stock of ...

Despite Kenya’s 2017 ban, plastic bag offences remain the top environmental violation, exposing manufacturers and retailers ...

After the city of Richmond’s new 5-cent tax on disposable plastic bags went into effect on New Year’s Day, customers at ...