When you lug that 50-pound sack of dog food onto your shoulder, you get a good idea of how very strong those bags are. Some ...

When food is stored in plastic bags, these chemicals can leach into the food ... Experts suggest switching to brown paper bags or high grade polyethylene bags for a safer bet. facebook 2. Strawberries ...

food marts and liquor stores could use only reusable plastic bags made with recycled content or recycled paper bags, according to CalRecycle. The new bill will change the definition of a ...

When bans on single-use plastic bags haven’t also included a fee on paper bags, their use has soared. In Portland, Ore., for instance, paper bag use shot up by nearly 500% after the city enacted ...

When the ban on thin, single-use plastic bags went into effect, shoppers were left with a choice between paper bags or heavier, multiuse plastic bags. But many people apparently didn’t reuse ...

Such bags included paper and high-density polyethylene plastic bags, which plastic companies ... bags — not bags used to hold produce or wrap food that could cause contamination, such as meat.

The ban has eliminated over 24 billion plastic bags and 480 million paper bags from the waste stream ... And we also heard from food pantries, shelters and other nonprofits, which needed those ...

But paper bags do not tend to be reused ... So which is worse for the environment – plastic or food waste? We enter the plastic paradox. According to anti-waste charity WRAP, increasing the ...