Cupertino businesses and shoppers are adjusting to a future without plastic checkout bags but many said the alternatives ...

There is more than one functional alternative to traditional plastic bags.

The bill would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at Massachusetts stores.

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 ...

A proposed ordinance banning plastic bags and styrofoam is on the ballot this week in Montana’s fourth largest town, Bozeman. Proponents of the proposal, referred to as the Bozeman Plastics Ordinance ...

The Board of Health on Monday unanimously recommended the annual town meeting approve articles that would amend the town's ...

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there's a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. In ...

Some business groups are objecting to the paper bag fee that's part of an environmental bond bill in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts legislature advanced a sweeping environmental bond bill April 8 that includes a provision to ban single-use plastic bags and charge a fee for paper bags at store ...

Naphtha, a petroleum-derived chemical, is used in the production of plastic and vinyl products. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

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 ...