PSA: Environmentalism isn’t a trend, it’s a necessity. And when it comes to fighting for Mother Earth, plastic is the enemy. Plastic grocery bags are particularly problematic, as they are harmful to ...

Has your family switched to reusable cloth grocery bags? I keep about half a dozen in the trunk of my car. When I started this practice, I forgot to take the bags into the store. But, after making ...

One of the major issues right now is the use of single-use plastic grocery bags. Local governments are beginning to ban them or make people pay for them. I don’t think banning them is necessary, ...

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 ...

Move over, baseball caps and T-shirts. Logo-emblazoned cloth grocery bags could soon become the most popular company freebie in the Puget Sound region. Seattle became on Monday one of the first major ...

Were hygiene considerations part of the decision to charge for new grocery bags? I've seen customers put well-used (i.e., dirty) cloth bags on the conveyor belts where I put my food. These bags are ...

Fresh & Easy is closing seven Southern California stores citing sluggish sales, reports the Los Angeles Times. Not that it's much of a dent in the El Segundo-based company's 184 retail grocery outlets ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

Unfortunately, throwing away those convenient disposable plastic bags carries grave consequences. They never break down and eventually contaminate the world’s waterways and oceans. Per The World ...

Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.