According to the Greater St. Louis Area Scouting council, youths and leaders will be out this weekend placing custom-made ...

California is banning single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers, after an earlier ban was blamed for making the waste problem worse. Here, a worker pulls a plastic bag from a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Stephen Joseph, counsel for SaveThePlasticBag.com-- a group that ...

Conveyors send mixed plastic into a device that will shred and then recycle them at recycling plant in Vernon on Jan. 24, 2014. (Reed Saxon / Associated Press) Ever since their invention in 1959, ...

A new study found that plastic use in shopping bags rose in New Jersey following the imposition of a statewide plastic and paper bag prohibition. Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) and New Jersey state ...

Campaigners say these bag hoards are creating fresh environmental problems, with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags. According to one eye-popping estimate, a ...

NORTH ADAMS — In "The Plastic Bag Store," the shelves are stocked with thousands of original, hand-sculpted items — produce and meat, dry goods and toiletries, cakes and sushi rolls — all made from ...

Plastic bags aren’t that bad. Now I know what you might be thinking: “Are you trying to hurt the earth?” But hear me out. My family uses plastic bags way more than reusable ones. We use it for trash ...

Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous with shopping. For many people, it’s difficult to imagine a quick grocery run without the crinkle of a plastic bag, and even ...