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.

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 ...

(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 ...

ST JOHNS, Fla. — A whale’s chances of living were greatly reduced because of a plastic bag found inside its stomach. A dwarf sperm whale calf stranded on a St. Johns County beach in September.

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