SAN ANTONIO - The signs in H-E-B parking lots display a familiar directive: "Don't forget your reusable bags." But on a recent afternoon at the store on Fredericksburg Road, few shoppers in the ...

The banned bags are back. In 2017, Kenya passed a law banning single-use plastic bags — the kind that grocery stores and other vendors give you to hold your purchases.

Plastic bags are everywhere in our lives. We grab one in the morning to pack our lunch. We slip our hands in them to pick up dog doo. We use them to line garbage cans, separate dirty laundry in the… ...

Plastic shopping bags are remarkable feats of engineering, ... “it would stretch to the ground before you got to the car,” says Philip Rozenski, ...

Plastic bags were stocked in 10 percent of grocery stores in 1983, according to Plastics World magazine. ... Ground Zero of the plastic wars, unsurprisingly, is California.

Ground mats are roughly 36- by 72-inch mats crocheted from “plarn” — plastic yarn — made from plastic grocery bags. It takes Watts about 1,200 bags and 10 hours to make one mat. “And ...

A previous version of this article misstated the date that a plastic bag charge went into effect in Fairfax and Arlington counties and in the city of Alexandria. The charge went into effect in ...

Researchers analyzed data from 45,067 shoreline cleanups conducted by volunteers between 2016 and 2023, creating the largest-ever study of how plastic bag policies affect environmental pollution.

Troubling gasoline shortages plaguing the Southeast have inspired panic and, perhaps, the idea to fill plastic bags with gasoline. But the Consumer Product Safety Commission stressed on Wednesday ...

Biodegradable plastic bags and garbage bags are available at major retailers. Today, biodegradable materials are easily accessible. You can order your biodegradable bags online or buy them in-store.