Which is the most earth-friendly: paper bags, plastic bags or cloth bags? The answer to the question depends upon whether or not you really believe in science, because as they say in certain ...

The days of hearing "paper or plastic" at retail stores around the country might be numbered. Shoppers at popular discount grocery chain Aldi will no longer be offered plastic bags at the checkout ...

NEW ORLEANS - Things could change for New Orleans shoppers who use paper and plastic bags. A proposed ordinance, by City Councilwomen Susan Guidry and co-authored by Latoya Cantrell, would make it so ...

Would you like paper or plastic? It's the question food shoppers are asked every day — a simple choice that even environmentally conscious shoppers at Whole Foods find confusing. "I generally pick ...

I am responding to the news article in the April 26 issue of the Mountain Xpress titled “Singled Out: Asheville Considers Ban on Single-use Plastic Bags.” One way to get rid of all the plastic bags ...

The plastic bag issue is more a matter of emotion than fact and this attitude reaches accross the political spectrum. When Whole Foods in Chicago proudly switched to paper rather than plastic, it made ...

Senate Bill 1053, authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bans plastic bags from being offered at checkout at grocery stores.