It also sets a minimum 10-cent fee for every recycled paper bag provided to a customer. Under the proposal, five cents from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home ...

The bill would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at Massachusetts stores.

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

Following the recommendation of its sustainability commission, Elgin may consider bringing a citywide ban on single-use plastic bags up for a city council vote. The council discussed the possibility ...

Connecticut environmentalists raised their reusable water bottles for a toast when Public Act 19-117 was passed six years ago, phasing out single-use plastic bags at checkouts. The law was structured ...

The bill also would require landlords and home-sellers to disclose flood information to buyers and prospective tenants.

The MA legislature has advanced a sweeping environmental bond bill that includes a provision to ban single-use plastic bags.

Each spring, volunteers walk along the Kansas River for the annual Earth Day Kansas River Cleanup. In a few hours, they pull ...