Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in ...

Witness the innovative recycling process that transforms waste plastic bags into new, eco-friendly shopping bags. From ...

At the time, these types of bags were considered “recyclable” or reusable ... on single-use shopping bags. In 2021, Californians generated upwards of 231,000 tons of plastic bag waste ...

The use of plastic bags perpetuates the fossil fuel industry. “That system needs to retract if we’re going to have a future,” she said. Reusable totes have surged in popularity as a way to ...

“Plastic bags are one of the most problematic forms ... The Plastics Advisory Council called the glut of reusable shopping bags “an unintended consequence of the law where bags are being ...

Many grocery stores offer consumers reusable shopping bags these days at .99 a pop, on average, and some retailers have even given them away to do their part to cut down on plastic bag waste. Allen ...