Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain.

a person holds an orange mesh bag filled with fruits and a white cloth bag with baguettes - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Plastic consumption is now about as universal as the sky and the moon. Plastic is ...

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.

That plastic grocery bag sitting under the sink may look harmless. It is light, useful, and easy to forget. But once it lands ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

Discover 10 useful ways to reuse plastic grocery bags, including clever storage ideas, cleaning hacks, crafts, organization tips, and everyday household uses.

Whether a bag is made from a discarded PET cooldrink bottle or fabric woven from plastic polymers, the result is still the ...

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 ...