For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — After a successful pilot here, Wegmans Food Markets is rolling out plastic bags made of 40% post-consumer recycled plastic chainwide. The retailer believes the recycled content is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Giant Eagle and Market District locations will no longer charge for paper bags in Cuyahoga County while the grocery-store company also is launching incentives for customers to use ...

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November 2016. Under Senate Bill 270, grocery stores had to start charging at least ...

Twenty-seven organizations have called for urgent government action to help deal with the global plastic problem. The Recycle More Bags coalition proposes using legislative action and procurement ...

Freitag, the Swiss brand best known for turning used truck tarps into durable, one-of-a-kind bags, has just expanded its best ...