California finally fixed its ban, but at least five other states still allow the distribution of extra-thick "reusable" plastic bags.

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning ...

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Customers went bananas when Trader Joe’s recently raised the price of the yellow fruit by four cents, marking the grocery chain’s first price adjustment in over two decades. Though the shift ...

Hoping to create a more convenient alternative, Our Planet Recycling worked with the San Francisco Department of the Environment and the San Francisco Conservation Corps to launch BottleBank, a mobile ...

When it was still unknown how the coronavirus spread, shoppers were barred from bringing reusable bags into grocery stores out ... report prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In ...

which allowed grocery stores to sell thicker plastic bags that were considered reusable. However, studies have shown that these bags are often not recycled and contribute to environmental pollution.

IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU WENT TO THE GROCERY ... BAGS. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, HAVEN’T WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE? YES. BUT A PREVIOUS PLASTIC BAG BAN ALLOWED FOR THICKER RECYCLABLE OR REUSABLE ...