Beyond being probably the best packaging there is for fresh produce, mesh produce bags can offer more to your home. Enough to keep you from tossing them.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Because of all of the brilliant blooms that dot the landscape during the early part of the year, it's natural that many crafters gravitate ...

Last week, I wrote about New Jersey’s effort to protect the environment by banning plastic silverware in fast food restaurants. Like plastic silverware, plastic shopping bags are also overrunning our ...

At Sprouts, Ralphs, and Pavilions, checkout lines moved without the usage of familiar bagging of thick plastic “reusable” bags — the kind the state now says were rarely reused at all. Some shoppers ...

California's plastic bag ban took effect Jan. 1. The ban was signed into law more than a year ago. Paper beats rock. Scissors beats paper. The question shoppers outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at checkouts in grocery stores took effect Jan. 1. The bill, SB 1053 authored by state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, bolsters existing state law that allowed ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. No Katy Perry, in 2026, we won’t be feeling like a plastic bag drifting through the wind. That’s because California ...

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in 2026. Starting January 1, the price for a single plastic bag will jump from 8 ...

We start with *** ban on plastic bags. Starting January 1st, grocery stores will no longer be able to sell plastic bags at all. Technically, California banned those bags in 2014, but it left an ...