This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

As governments move to ban plastic grocery bags, how much of an impact do they have on the world around us? The answer is both surprising and substantial.

A recent trip to the grocery store was eye-opening, but the revelation was a couple of years too late. I bought meat packaged in shrink wrap. I bought soda and juice in plastic bottles. Cereal is less ...

Studies show that it's a positive change. Lawmakers push new bill that would impact grocery shopping experience — here's what's happening first appeared on The Cool Down.

Prevent a mess of plastic bags under the sink by using these expert organizing hacks. Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Seven years ago, the Ohio-based grocery chain Kroger pledged to get rid of plastic bags in all of its stores by 2025. Kroger made the announcement in August 2018, stating it ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — “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 ...

CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...