Beaufort County is leading a broader effort to restrict bags and other items made of plastic. Beaufort’s preliminary vote was ...

Think twice before tossing those plastic bags after your next trip to the grocery store. Plastic grocery bags have many more uses than just carrying your fruits and veggies. Repurpose them around the ...

California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Plastic bags come in handy for getting groceries out of the car and into the house. What do you do with the bags once they’ve served their purpose, though? Lexington’s ...

The Park Ridge Committee of the Whole Meeting of the City Council passed the first reading of a plastic bag ban for large ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

While most proceeds support environmental and social causes, some retailers are using funds for internal operations – drawing scrutiny from a green group.

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

Washington shoppers will pay 4 cents more per plastic grocery bag starting in January. But the bags themselves won’t get any thicker for at least another two years as lawmakers fine-tune the state’s ...