The move follows a successful test of the solution in late 2023. Credit: SPAR Hungary. Supermarket chain SPAR Hungary has introduced recyclable shopping bags made from the company’s plastic waste in ...

While a January 2024 study shows that similar bans across the country have cut single-use plastic bag consumption significantly, many reusable shopping bag options are not particularly sustainable.

A new study suggests plastic debris like shopping bags bear remarkably similar “echoes” to those of squid—likely due to some combination of their shape, size, degree of weathering ...

Discover Melbourne's top plastic-free grocery stores for sustainable shopping. Explore package-free goods and support ...

What would be the solution and should we follow the latest example of the ban introduced by Montenegro? In the market, groceries in plastic bags. This is the most common picture when shopping in ...

There are currently 25 “reusable” grocery store-style bags sitting at my front door, half a dozen large shopping bags and a similar number of bags with dividers to carry bottles home from the ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

which found that a nominal plastic bag fee led many consumers to grab plastic produce bags to use for other items. California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores ...

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores ...

EU member states have taken progressive steps over the past decade to reduce the use of lightweight plastic bags, including imposing additional charges or levies and promoting the adoption of ...

An audit shows supermarket customers are charged less for plastic-wrapped produce more than 70 per cent of the time, and conservationists say it's hurting the environment.