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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I then use a small rubber spatula ... problem by using a newspaper plastic sleeve. I sort my daily pills, put one day’s worth in the bottom of a plastic bag, tie a knot firmly, add another ...

Lightweight plastic bags are less than 50 microns thick and are normally used for carrying small amounts of groceries. They have a devastating impact on the environment. Not only do they take ...

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 ...