Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

When two Texas cities prohibited stores from giving away plastic grocery bags for free, the sale of such bags surged in response, according to the study, published in the Journal of Marketing ...

Supermarkets said they were working to reduce plastic in their stores. A Woolworths spokesperson said the company had taken 220 million shopping bags out of circulation in the last year and ...

A grocery-anchored shopping center in Harnett County is listed for sale with a multimillion-dollar price tag. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Angier Plaza is for sale at $3.2 million. The property was bought for ...

A town centre supermarket in Wiltshire has been put on the market for £1.6 million. The Iceland store in Chippenham Market Place has been put up for sale by the building’s owner, alongside the ...

A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...