Unfortunately, many shoppers aren’t reusing their reusable bags. Research reveals one major setback with reusable grocery bags: 'We should try not [to] do that' first appeared on The Cool Down.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco was the first city in the nation to get rid of single use plastic bags in 2007. In 2014, the rest of the state would also ban the so-called urban tumbleweed.

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

RIZHAO, SHANDONG, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As we navigate the beginning of 2026, the global ...

MANDAUE City officials are urging government employees and residents to cut down on the use of disposable plastic bottles by ...

An initiative that asks surgery patients to bring their own reusable bags for belongings and a reusable water bottle decreased surgical carbon footprints, waste, and cost.

Coca-Cola is reducing its plastic recycling targets from previous commitments, which advocacy groups say is an abandonment of its reuse goals. The beverage giant’s announcement comes just as talks for ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning plastic bags from grocery store checkouts, including the thicker, "reusable" bags that stores switched to after an earlier ban. “We deserve a cleaner ...

To the editor: The bill passed by the California Legislature to eliminate plastic bags at grocery stores, even the thicker “reusable” ones that are rarely reused, is a long overdue. I am pleased to ...

Ottawa will test a shared reusable packaging system that allows shoppers to return empty containers across many stores, as ...

It was so much easier than I thought it'd be.