California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning plastic shopping bags in grocery stores, updating a decade-old ban that made plastic pollution in the state worse, not better.

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning plastic shopping bags in grocery stores, updating a decade-old ban that ...

while offering thicker plastic bags for a fee at grocery store checkouts with the intention of customers reusing and recycling the thicker bags. Eight years later, the state has updated the law to ...

In a decisive move to address environmental concerns, the Federal Government of Somalia has issued a complete ban on the importation of plastic bags through its ports.

How much of our waste gets recycled really and are ‘sustainable’ plastic alternatives actually any better for the planet?

A supermarket has regained its position as the cheapest following its rival's price hike. We reported last week how Lidl had swiped the cheapest crown from Aldi for a basket of essentials, which we've ...

I brought some fresh grapes home to live in my fridge. I plopped them inside, still in the plastic grocery bag. I felt proud when I bought them, as if ...

The person can be seen placing the cat in what appears to be a plastic grocery bag, then while the view is obstructed by a porch railing, messing with the bag for about 10 seconds as the animal cries.

Our latest Cheap Eats is with one of Sussex's top chefs. We publish it every Wednesday - but it will appear a little later than usual this week, around lunchtime, as the focus will be on inflation ...