Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

A locally owned grocery store fed up with a rise in theft in its Inland Empire community is trying to crack down on the problem by restricting the use of large personal shopping bags in the store. On ...

After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain. Aldi announced this month that stores have ended the plastic-bag ...

Shoppers in California will no longer be able to get plastic bags for their shopping starting in 2026. The measure, passed by state lawmakers in 2024, eliminates all plastic shopping bags on offer in ...

MIKE. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. AND GOOD MORNING. IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU WENT TO THE GROCERY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND. AND WHEN YOU GOT TO THE CHECKOUT, YOU WERE ASKED PAPER OR PLASTIC? WELL, THAT’S A QUESTION ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Why do some stores charge for paper bags? It has been almost four years since New York State banned single-use plastic shopping bags. If you forgot to bring a reusable bag, that may ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...