In you’re a conscientious consumer, you’re probably trying to curb your use of virgin plastic by bringing your own tote bags to the grocery store and using refillable water bottles. Yet plastic lurks ...

Buying garbage bags is the equivalent of throwing money away -- but with these alternatives, you won't have to spend money on ...

Trash bags present the most ridiculous kind of conundrum. They’re meant to contain our waste and therefore assist us in disposing of it in a way that’s kind to our environment — but trash bags are ...

MIAMI - The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it's definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in place in almost a dozen US states and in many other countries ...

Nylon reusable trash bags on Sullivan’s Island are going to be at beachgoers’ disposal courtesy of town council. The environmental initiative is being adopted after one resident and his dog created a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Banning reusable bags is one regulation some grocery stores are implementing to keep customers safe from coronavirus, but experts say the move isn’t backed by data. Because of the ...

Here's the thing that nobody talks about when they hand you a trendy tote at the checkout. Those bags everyone's carrying ...

Editor's note: This is an excerpt of Planet Money's newsletter. You can sign up here. It was only about 40 years ago that plastic bags became standard at U.S. grocery stores. This also made them ...

For the 35 years he’s owned Monaghan’s Pub in Woodlawn, Jack Milani has always offered free paper bags to his customers after a sale. But starting Wednesday, when Baltimore County’s Bring Your Own Bag ...