Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retail is littered with plastic: polybags, pallet wraps, films, mailers, hangers, bags, tags and more. While many of fashion’s ...

California would ban all plastic shopping bags in 2026 under a new bill announced Thursday in the state Legislature.California already bans thin plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and other shops ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags.

Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain. Aldi announced this month that stores have ended the plastic-bag ...

Beaufort County is leading a broader effort to restrict bags and other items made of plastic. Beaufort’s preliminary vote was ...

ALDI has eliminated plastic shopping bags from all of its 2,300 U.S. stores. The retailer announced meeting its end of 2023 goal last week, adding that the action will save nearly 4,400 tons of ...

BALTIMORE - Anne Arundel County officials voted on Monday to pass the plastic bag ban. The ban on the retail distribution of plastic bags passed 6-1 during the county council session. ON WJZ AT 11: ...

MIKE. GOOD MORNING. YEAH. AND GOOD MORNING. IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU WENT TO THE GROCERY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND. AND WHEN YOU GOT TO THE CHECKOUT, YOU WERE ASKED PAPER OR PLASTIC? WELL, THAT’S A QUESTION ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

The Elgin City Council has directed staff to draft an ordinance banning the use of single-use bags by all retailers other than restaurants and charging a fee for customers who request paper bags.

Bags are one of multiple packaging categories coming under fire for contributing to plastic waste. Like New Jersey, numerous states are banning single-use plastic bags at retail establishments or ...