Plastic bags are hardly synonymous with luxe decor. But one clever DIYer found a way to use them as molds and in turn craft a ...

If you're sick of the unused plastic grocery bags scattered throughout your kitchen, upcycle old cans for a DIY dispenser ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

Plastic bags are so ubiquitous they’re almost invisible. We rely on them to carry everything from routine grocery purchases to one-off drugstore runs to food delivery and more. Unless you live ...

Plastic Bags Don't Go in the Recycling Bin. What Should You Do Instead? NEW YORK (AP) — Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They're impossible to avoid and harder ...

Have you noticed new grey plastic bags at a FairPrice store recently? Photo by Mothership . Checks by Mothership found that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

Philadelphia outlawed plastic checkout bags years ago, but a report has suggested the policy is still not reaching every ...

A recent Freshwater Science webinar by Ohio Sea Grant was titled “Why Environmentally Conscious Shoppers Don’t Bring Reusable Bags.” Which makes you want to watch if you’ve heard that it’s better to ...

When cities or counties institute plastic bag bans or fees, the idea is to reduce the amount of plastic headed to the landfill. But a new analysis finds these policies, while created with good ...

Nine years ago California banned grocery stores from giving out flimsy single-use plastic grocery bags, the first state to do so. And the law has been facing obstacles ever since. Days after it passed ...

The Village School students Haasini Yatagiri and Emmanuel Wieczorek behind Next Use explain how they recycle plastic bags ...