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Save your food and cut down on plastic waste with our top picks. Courtesy of Brand If you're trying to cut down on single-use plastics, reusable food storage bags are a great place to start. Made of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Maybe you’ve never given it a second thought. But think about how often those reusable grocery bags get used. Now think about how often they get cleaned. And coronavirus on the bag isn ...

I noticed a plastic bag high in the tree outside my home. I wanted to hire a squirrel to get it out of the tree. Squirrels are not very helpful, unfortunately. As we drove around doing errands, I was ...

LAS CRUCES - Most retailers are prohibited from providing shoppers with single-use plastic bags at checkout due to a new city ordinance that went into effect Jan. 1. Paper bags can be purchased for 10 ...

Though their primary appeal is to reduce plastic bag use, the best reusable grocery bags are strong enough to hold plenty of groceries and look stylish too. The ban on plastic grocery bags from most ...

Has your family switched to reusable cloth grocery bags? I keep about half a dozen in the trunk of my car. When I started this practice, I forgot to take the bags into the store. But, after making ...

CLEVELAND — One year after debuting a reusable fabric grocery bag at its Cleveland area stores, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic. The Pittsburgh-based chain will sunset the fabric option and ...

CONCORD — Environmental advocates pressured the Sununu administration Thursday to end its ban on reusable cloth bags in grocery stores, but industry leaders insisted they remain a threat to customers’ ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Ore. — Just weeks ago, cities and ...

This story has been updated with a correction. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced last week that reusable bags will be temporarily banned during the COVID-19 outbreak, and that all retail ...

With the start of New Jersey’s strict ban on single use plastic bags, it’s not too early to start shopping for the reusable ones you’re going to have to bring to the store Reminders of the coming May ...