While it’s safe to reuse plastic bags, you’ll want to clean them between uses for sanitary purposes and to reduce any ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Grocery stores may offer recycled paper bags at checkout, or consumers can use their own bags to carry out purchases.

A council has said that it has been given a refund by a company that supplied thousands of faulty household recycling bags.

California voters previously approved a statewide referendum upholding a ban on single-use carryout plastic bags in November ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

SB 40 was approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom in October after it passed the state legislature to cap insulin costs at $35 for a 30 ...

In Portage County, people can recycle plastic containers marked with numbers 1, 2 or 5, but only if they meet specific ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...