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.

For those conscious of the environment or those who don't want a bunch of plastic bags, here are some reusable grocery bags ...

A resourceful Redditor made a post to show off their innovative way of reusing paper grocery bags — turning them into adorable custom wrapping paper. The Reddit post featured a picture of three ...

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 ...

which holds a tangle of smaller plastic bags. There’s the pile of paper grocery bags behind my kitchen sink. Similar but entirely distinct is the nearby stack of “good” paper bags — the ...

While I do my best to use reusable bags, I admit I often forget them at home. If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a stack of brown paper grocery bags from Trader Joe’s waiting to be recycled.

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 ...

Montgomery County is considering a proposed change to its grocery-bag policy that would ban the use of plastic bags at most stores and double the tax on paper bags to 10 cents. The proposal ...