In May, New Jersey became the first state to ban single-use bags made from plastic or paper in large grocery stores. The new ban lumps both types of totes together, but one is actually worse for the ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

Next time you are asked if you want a bag when checking at the supermarket, you can expect a paper bag as the plastic bag law ...

In the midst of the holidays, New Jerseyans are approaching a sustainable milestone this December: seven months into the state’s single-use plastic bag ban. Since May 4, the law has banned single-use ...

Ian Robson, CEO of American Paper Bag in the Hanover Industrial Estates, holds a bag his company manufactured for Gopuff, a Philadelphia-based deliverer of food and other consumer goods that operates ...

The City Council has approved a 5-cent charge on paper bags, making it harder to hide from the statewide ban on single-use plastic ones. By Michael Gold [What you need to know to start the day: Get ...