Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.

Has your family switched to reusable cloth grocery bags? I keep about half a dozen in the trunk of my car. When I started this practice, I forgot to take the bags into the store. But, after making ...

The days of hearing "paper or plastic" at retail stores around the country might be numbered. Shoppers at popular discount grocery chain Aldi will no longer be offered plastic bags at the checkout ...

Move over, baseball caps and T-shirts. Logo-emblazoned cloth grocery bags could soon become the most popular company freebie in the Puget Sound region. Seattle became on Monday one of the first major ...

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CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...

Were hygiene considerations part of the decision to charge for new grocery bags? I've seen customers put well-used (i.e., dirty) cloth bags on the conveyor belts where I put my food. These bags are ...

I noticed a plastic bag high in the tree outside my home. I wanted to hire a squirrel to get it out of the tree. Squirrels are not very helpful, unfortunately. As we drove around doing errands, I was ...

I am responding to the news article in the April 26 issue of the Mountain Xpress titled “Singled Out: Asheville Considers Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags.” One way to get rid of all the plastic bags ...

Unfortunately, throwing away those convenient disposable plastic bags carries grave consequences. They never break down and eventually contaminate the world’s waterways and oceans. Per The World ...

You probably have reusable household items like grocery tote bags, water bottles, and cloth napkins. However, there are ...