As more states are placing fees on plastic bags, bringing your own bag is a simple and smart solution. Of course, reusable bags have the added benefit of being sustainable. Most are made of nylon ...

There are currently 25 “reusable” grocery store-style bags sitting at my front door, half a dozen large shopping bags and a similar number of bags with dividers to carry bottles home from the ...

You probably have a pile in your closet — the laminated or clothlike, plastic reusable bags often sold at the checkout of big-box retailers when you want to be environmentally-conscious.

You know the feeling. You're in line to buy groceries and suddenly realize, with regret, that you forgot to bring reusable bags. So you begrudgingly buy more. The feeling is so widespread ...

The colorful bags and art project coincide with an ongoing initiative by West Vincent Township to promote the use of reusable bags and prohibit single-use bags in the community. The plain cloth ...

The free-membership company serves businesses and the public with large and family-size food, produce and kitchen and serving ...

Megan Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie would like to see retailers offer solutions to the problem of Canadians stockpiling too many reusable bags. (Carly Shoup) You know the feeling. You're in line to ...

As you gather pantry staples and toiletries to donate this Thanksgiving, there’s something else you might not have known you could donate. You probably have them collecting dust in a closet ...

In theory, the heavier bags were reusable. But in practice, they became a more substantial form of waste. “A plastic bag has an average lifespan of 12 minutes and then it is discarded, afflicting our ...

The new revamped law bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026, asking customers to bring their own reusable bags or buy a paper shopping bag for an additional fee. Jenn Engstrom ...