After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

The settlement follows a state investigation into plastic bags sold as recyclable despite limited evidence they could be processed by recycling facilities in practice.

Lorain County’s plastic bag recycling contest kept nearly 300 pounds out of landfills and rewarded schools with recycled ...

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 ...

When the British supermarket chain Tesco Plc first started ­collecting plastic bags and wrappers from customers to be recycled in March 2021, Caroline Ragueneau was thrilled. She was working as a ...

They're caught up in trees, squirreled away in kitchen pantries and floating along with the ocean's current. They're plastic bags — among the 84 billion that Americans use each year — and heightened ...

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 disclosure provides a clearer view of how future regulation is likely to affect packaging design, recycled content ...

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 ...

Results are in for the first year of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban. A study estimates the policy eliminated over 200 million plastic bags in the city — enough to fill City Hall every eight months.