Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box stores in ...

states and countries banning single-use plastic bags, paper has become a popular alternative at the grocery checkout. At first glance, this seems like an obvious win for the environment.

When plastic bags were first banned, local grocery stores donated a portion of the paper bag fee to environmental or charitable causes. In 2022, Wegmans posted the following on its website ...

On today’s show we showed you how to weave paper grocery bags into faux leather bins. Start by cutting your paper bags into strips that are about 3.5 cm wide. Then fold each side in so that the ...

After five years of the Bag Waste Reduction Act, Price Chopper and Market 32 are reflecting on the switch from plastic bags ...

New Canadian brand Gather Packaging offers sustainable, high-quality paper bags made domestically, cutting retailer risks ...

As for the paper grocery bag which has taken them 20 years to fill with un-recyclable trash, Burger refers to it simply as "our mistakes." "A lot of times when people come to our house ...

Now, some state lawmakers want to allow a return to paper bags at the grocery checkout, provided the bags contain at least 40% recycled content. A bill that was advanced Monday by a state Senate ...