When you’re left with a collection of paper bags after going to the grocery store, you may be tempted to just toss them into the recycling bin. But saving them can make your life a whole lot easier.

Many experts recommend replacing your standard sponge weekly due to inevitable bacteria growth (even every few weeks feels ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SUGAR NOTCH – With home deliveries driving higher demand for paper bags and more states banning ...

Connecticut is on the right track by not including fees on paper carryout bags. As proposals to ban single-use plastic bags and mandate a fee on paper carryout bags abound around the country, a recent ...

This piece first appeared in the New York Post. Get your plastic grocery bags while you can. By Earth Day, that is, Tuesday, the national chain Whole Foods Market will no longer offer shoppers plastic ...

I’m not wild about silk flowers. They scream “grandma” to me. (Sorry, bubbe.) But I do love artificial flowers made from paper. Because they are so stylized ...

Customers will now be offered traditional brown paper bags to hold their fresh fruit and vegetables, rather than the small plastic bags commonly used in UK supermarket produce aisles. The retailer ...

When New Jersey enacted its wide-ranging plastic bag ban six months ago, it also banned all paper bags from supermarkets and big box stores. The law is estimated to have eliminated 3 billion plastic ...

Paper or plastic? Wegmans would prefer neither, encouraging customers to instead switch to reusable bags as a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags looms. The Rochester, N.Y.-based supermarket ...