Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pile of colorful empty plastic shopping bags - Irina Tiumentseva/Getty Images Has this ever happened to you? You get to the ...

a person holds an orange mesh bag filled with fruits and a white cloth bag with baguettes - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Plastic consumption is now about as universal as the sky and the moon. Plastic is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Paper or plastic?” You won’t be hearing that common question at California grocery stores any more starting Thursday, Jan. 1, ...

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Shoppers and retailers like the idea of saving the planet. But it seems they like their plastic grocery bags even more. In another setback on the path to eliminating single-use plastic bags, another ...

That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...