The Elgin City Council has directed staff to draft an ordinance banning the use of single-use bags by all retailers other ...

New York State implemented its Bag Waste Reduction Act, which prohibited retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags. Five years later, a pair of grocery ...

Some social-media users criticized the passengers, and another asked, "why is everything so complicated and offensive these ...

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- “Because plastic is destroying our entire planet,” said a grocery store shopper, Sue Thomas.

W e all have that one cabinet, drawer or entire corner of the pantry stuffed to the brim with plastic grocery bags. We keep ...

Don’t throw away those shopping bags after you’ve unpacked the groceries. We’ve got a number of handy ideas for reusing them.

As plastic pollution in the world's oceans reaches critical levels, recently published research reveals how artificial ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

Instead of storing food scraps in a plastic bag in the freezer to put in the green bin for composting on recycling day, ...

The Byron Center-based company says more than 5,000 pounds of flexible plastics have been recycled at its stores since 2023.

Mouse droppings and soiled knives are just a few of the violations found in Waterford Township between January and April, ...

Red Crab set that radar blaring the moment I caught the first aromatic whiff of their signature seafood boils. The restaurant sits unassumingly in Florida City, but its reputation has spread across ...