If your city banned plastic bags (praise be!), get ready to horde any and all the reusable bags you can find. New York City’s plastic bag ban took effect March 2, which means I decided to break out my ...

The single-use plastic bag could be an endangered shopping species. The thin plastic bag with handles is under pressure from municipal bag bans and a growing number of retailers encouraging shoppers ...

Bogg’s new Bougie bag is a quilted, ‘fancier’ version of its popular carryall. And yes, it still has holes. Over the summer, ...

(WXYZ) — Plastic bags seem to be everywhere, but a local organization is trying to reuse them in a way that can be helpful to people when they need it the most ...

Plastic bags have been banned in California and they’ve been rightly blamed for contributing to a huge environmental crisis. Reusable, washable tote bags are surely the answer…but you want to look ...

Cities around the world are banning plastic bags, and for good reason: They’re used for all of 20 minutes before polluting our earth for 1,000 stubborn years. But often, consumers won’t reuse those ...

The new law regulating how New York businesses bag their wares go into effect March 1 after multiple false starts. But the new state law is different from the surcharge on carry-out pouches the city ...

Plastic has been a blessing and burden for humankind. The artificial material can create inexpensive and useful goods, but most plastics outlive humans. It takes plastic bags anywhere from 500 to ...

Rotterdam, Netherlands-based nonprofit group Ocean Cleanup has brought ashore its first haul, 60 tote bags of plastic it scooped from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. "We actually have the first ...

Corrugated plastic bins like the kind sold for handling mail and packages can be quickly and easily converted into a durable "nursery" for wild bees, according to a research entomologist. Corrugated ...