A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

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 ...

“Why couldn’t we have such an option when shopping online ... plastic to maintain temperature. plastic bag levy: introduced in 2009 at about 3,000 retail outlets including supermarkets ...

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.

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 ...

Leading producer of compostable packaging, MyEcoBag has launched a new partnership with Ritchies IGA, following a successful ...

Sensormatic Solutions, part of technology company Johnson Controls, has introduced a recyclable packaging approach in ...

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 ...

NYC small businesses will be required to play a bigger role in sustainability by recycling reusable bags, if the city passes ...

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 from ...