The Elgin City Council has directed staff to draft an ordinance banning the use of single-use bags by all retailers other ...

Giant Eagle has reinstated plastic bags at its Erie County stores after removing them in 2022. Giant Eagle uses bags made of 75% recycled material and offers in-store recycling. Plastic bags are back ...

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- “Because plastic is destroying our entire planet,” said a grocery store shopper, Sue Thomas.

Don’t throw away those shopping bags after you’ve unpacked the groceries. We’ve got a number of handy ideas for reusing them.

A local school district is working to reduce the amount of plastic bags that go into the environment. Plainwell Community ...

I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

If you think that there isn't all that much you can do with that big pile of plastic shopping bags that's started to ...

One bill passed Thursday defines a person's gender in state law as being their biological sex. Another penalizes schools defying a 2023 law limiting which bathrooms transgender students can use ...

A gun inside an elementary school student’s book bag went off in a Charles County, Maryland, classroom on Thursday, just days after similar gunfire in a Virginia classroom, authorities say.

A gun inside an elementary school student’s book bag went off in a Charles County, Maryland, classroom on Thursday, just days after similar gunfire in a Virginia classroom, authorities say.