Plastic grocery bags add up fast, especially in a busy house. Even if you try to bring reusable totes, they still sneak in.

Sister Kathy Roberg found a way to care for our planet while caring for some of its most vulnerable inhabitants. Since 2015, she’s made sleeping mats for the homeless from plastic bags. When the ...

Plastic bags. Plastic forks. Plastic straws. All are non-biodegradable, single-use plastics that you can’t traditionally recycle—meaning that they inevitably end up in our seemingly never-ending waste ...

Have a barrage of plastic bags fly out of your cabinet every time you open it? Put an end to the mess and make yourself a ...

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 ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

In 2018, McDonald’s and Starbucks teamed up to create an eco-friendly alternative to the single-use soft drink cup. Coordinated by the investment firm Closed Loop Partners with support from the design ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted ...

In the U.S., 380 billion plastic bags and wraps are used every year. Bans on single-use plastic bags-- one of the most pervasive sources of pollution -- are taking effect in cities and states across ...

Before California banned plastic shopping bags statewide in late 2016, a wave of 139 California cities and counties implemented the policy themselves. Taylor and colleagues compared bag use in cities ...

According to a United Nations paper and media reports analyzed by Statista, 91 countries and territories in the world have passed some sort of full or partial ban on plastic bags. While plastic bag ...

Joining a number of businesses that are making efforts to curtail or eliminate single-use plastics, The Kroger Co. announced today that it plans to eliminate plastic shopping bags from its more than 2 ...