With a ban on paper bags set to take effect on July 1, lawmakers may carve out an exemption for any paper bag that bears the brand of the store or manufacturer selling the product. Lawmakers moved ...

With Guam's once-delayed paper bag ban taking effect July 1, luxury retailers on Friday testified in support of a bill that would exempt “branded bags” from the ban.

The Baltimore County Council shot down a bill that would have required retailers to give the county part of the fee charged for paper bags to finance an environmental fund.

A Pennsylvania state senator is pushing to outlaw single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the entire commonwealth.

Primark is set to introduce a 15p charge for its paper bags across all sizes starting today, marking an end to the era of free bags. The news, which surfaced after customers noticed signs in ...

Penneys is set to introduce a small charge for paper bags across its stores nationwide in an attempt to reduce single-use paper waste Choosing to use reusable bags such as tote bags can help to ...

Unsuspecting supermarket shoppers in three states have been left in tearable shock after having expensive groceries ruined by a dodgy batch of 25 cent paper bags.

TRENTON — When New Jersey prohibited plastic grocery bags to prevent them from clogging landfills and littering communities and waterways, many people were surprised that the state also included ...

The new law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will overhaul a 2012 county law on plastic and paper bag use. County officials said that law was poorly implemented.

Colorado legislators voted down a proposal to repeal a recent state law establishing a ten-cent fee on all single-use paper grocery bags.

In addition, the temple will switch to distributing prasad in paper packets instead of plastic bags to promote environmental sustainability.

Following complaints (new window) about reusable Walmart blue bags piling up in homes, the retail giant is phasing out the fabric bags, switching to paper bags for both grocery delivery and in ...