LAS CRUCES - Most retailers are prohibited from providing shoppers with single-use plastic bags at checkout due to a new city ordinance that went into effect Jan. 1. Paper bags can be purchased for 10 ...

Plastic bags may actually have one thing going for them. Sure, they fill landfills and accumulate into giant plastic islands in the ocean. That's why New York became the second state to ban them ...

Shopping bags are downright essential! Can you imagine trying to carry groceries, fresh vegetables, and household goods all loose, just using your arms? But one-use plastic bags and paper bags create ...

July 5 (UPI) --An eco-friendly shopping bag company teamed up with a marketing agency and elementary school students to break the Guinness record for the world's largest jute bag. The Cotton Bag Co., ...

ALDI has eliminated plastic shopping bags from all of its 2,300 U.S. stores. The retailer announced meeting its end of 2023 goal last week, adding that the action will save nearly 4,400 tons of ...

HUNZA, Pakistan, June 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In this district in northern Pakistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic shopping bags are now illegal. In late April, the ...

“Thin plastic bags are no longer available in Austin, so keep a reusable bag handy and always remember to bring it.” After the Texas capital’s City Council adopted an ordinance a year ago to phase out ...