Since California adopted the nation's first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be recyclable. But ...

The Associated Press says Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against Reynolds Consumer Products over alleged illegal marketing of their Hefty trash bags as recycling bags even though the bags are not ...

SACRAMENTO — Since California adopted the nation's first ban on single-use plastic shopping bags tin 2014, most grocery stores have turned to thicker, reusable plastic bags that are supposed to be ...

Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it’s sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

Plastic bags have become a consistent source of concern for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, the organization said recently. Officials said plastic bags are not exactly recyclable and gum up ...

California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic bags, even those deemed "recyclable." ...

FILE-This Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 file photo conveyors carry mixed plastic into a device that will shred recycle them at a plastics recycling plant in Vernon, Calif. California in 2014 enacted the ...