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Storing plastic bags in drawers may not be the best use of space. Instead, keep these essentials organized by repurposing ...

This year, California updated its plastic bag ban by allowing grocery stores to offer only paper bags at checkout. Will that ...

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...

Polyethylene plastics — in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape — are notoriously hard to recycle. They’re sturdy and difficult to break down, and if they’re recycled at ...

Q: I’ve heard conflicting reports regarding how long it really takes for a plastic grocery bag to decompose. Can you set the record straight? A: Researchers fear that such ubiquitous bags may never ...

While you can’t typically recycle plastic bags in your curbside recycling bin, you can recycle them through specialty plastic recyclers. You may even be able to drop them off at a nearby retail store ...

As governments move to ban plastic grocery bags, how much of an impact do they have on the world around us? The answer is both surprising and substantial.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among plastics, perhaps no item is as villainized as grocery bags ...

Moves by major supermarkets to stop providing free plastic bags could save these businesses more than $170 million a year in direct costs, while potentially creating a $70 million revenue stream, but ...

1 million plastic bags are in used around the world every minute. “If the world does not stop production altogether, in 30 years' time the weight of plastic bags thrown into the seas and oceans will ...