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If you’ve been to any retail establishment in Oregon this year, you might have noticed that the bag situation has dramatically shifted. Stores are no longer giving away paper bags willy-nilly. Instead ...

Whether you're grabbing groceries or picking up prescriptions, the choice between plastic, paper, and reusable bags has become unexpectedly complex. What seems like a simple environmental decision ...

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, ...

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 ...

Stephanie Ashworth and Kerri Stenson just started their company this year, but already their business is in the bag. The Woodside women have launched a business making collapsible, reusable grocery ...

If you live in New Jersey, it is almost a guarantee that you have a reusable grocery bag at home or in your car. The odds are also high that the bag is filled with several more. The growing stockpiles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bags Plastic pollution is one of many symptoms associated with recycling and climate change that continue to negatively ...

More than 50. No wait, definitely at least 100. Katiuska Tejada-Rivera can’t quite put her finger on how many reusable bags she’s accumulated in the more than four months since New Jersey’s single-use ...

At Sprouts, Ralphs, and Pavilions, checkout lines moved without the usage of familiar bagging of thick plastic “reusable” bags — the kind the state now says were rarely reused at all. Some shoppers ...