Plastic is fed into a shredder before being ground down into smaller pieces and melted, on Feb. 22 at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls. The company uses recycled plastic material — ...

Decrease your plastic consumption and increase your grocery-carrying capabilities with these plastic bag alternatives that you'll enjoy having on hand.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Plastic bags at ...

Japanese researchers have developed shopping bags made from potato starch that dissolve in water and leave no microplastics ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A state bill to close a loophole in California’s single-use plastic bag ban that allows for stores to distribute a “recyclable” alternative passed through its first hurdle.

Japan has developed a new kind of shopping bag that looks ordinary but behaves very differently from plastic. These bags are ...

California sued plastic bag makers for falsely labeling products as recyclable, leading to settlements and a statewide ban.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Aldi shoppers will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags at more than 2,300 stores across the United States. The German-based supermarket chain announced last week ...

The new plant-based bags vanish in water, but whether they can truly replace plastic will depend on cost and scale.

This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...