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 ...

Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce ...

Elgin, Illinois, is set to implement a groundbreaking ordinance banning single-use plastic bags at large retailers, including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain.

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ocado sold more plastic bags than any other retailer (Getty) (Pat Tuson) The sale of plastic bags has risen in Britain for the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The plastic bags most New Mexicans carry groceries or takeout food with might be different soon, statewide. That is, if a bill that’s gaining traction makes it through the ...

California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.

African plastic shopping bags are ubiquitous across the continent, providing an affordable and convenient way to carry goods ...

That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...

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 ...