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 ...

Learn how to make reusable produce bags from transparent and lightweight sheer curtain fabric to use while shopping for fruits and vegetables. Over two years ago, I purchased reusable and washable ...

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 ...

According to The Environmental Protection Agency the average American produces about 1300 pounds of non-recyclable waste each year. Plastic shopping bags are included in that total. The phrase Reduce, ...

With an environmental crisis looming, it’s natural to want to cut down the amount of waste you produce. Reusable sandwich bags can replace single-use plastic sandwich bags or cling wrap, neither of ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic bags, but with a twist. The Pittsburgh-based grocery chain is replacing its fabric reusable bags with an option that’s more sustainable than ...

Mary Maggio, 50, of East Bridgewater said she’d pay $1.50 for a reusable cloth bag, especially if a supermarket offers to credit customers 10 cents for each bag. “If you bought one for $1.50, in 15 ...

While unwashed bags might not result in headline-grabbing outbreaks, Gerba said, "Our data says it may be a common risk that might be overlooked." Despite the study's findings, the Cuyahoga County ...

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 ...

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