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

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 ...

Anyone who has shopped at Aldi has probably realized that the grocery chain uses a whole lot of plastic in its produce. Here's the reason why.

California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...

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 ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

The single-use plastic bag could be an endangered shopping species. The thin plastic bag with handles -- known in the industry as the T-shirt bag -- is under pressure from municipal bag bans and a ...

Sprouts Farmers Market has just announced it will eliminate plastic bag use in its stores by the end of 2023. They have 380 stores in 23 states and are one of the largest-growing grocery stores ...