Shoppers will no longer be charged for single-use plastic and paper bags at commissaries worldwide, the Defense Commissary ...

Military commissaries stopped charging customers for single-use paper or plastic bags Wednesday, reversing a policy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other businesses ...

The bill would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at Massachusetts stores.

Following the recommendation of its sustainability commission, Elgin may consider bringing a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags up for a city council vote. The council discussed the possibility ...

The paper bag charge is one that major retailer Stop & Shop tried in 2024, before changing course after customer complaints.

a person holds an orange mesh bag filled with fruits and a white cloth bag with baguettes - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Plastic consumption is now about as universal as the sky and the moon. Plastic is ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

It’s good to know that the only real problem left in Kenya involves plastic bags. Granted, it’s a big problem, as plastic bags are ubiquitous, particularly in the heavily populated urban areas. Well, ...