Flexibles plastics, like grocery bags, are complex so that they can perform their intended function, which can make them difficult to recycle through traditional means. Advanced recycling technologies ...

I keep finding plastic bottles and newspapers in the grocery store’s recycling bin — that isn’t what they recycle. In fact, the garbage man will just throw the bags you put outside your house in your ...

Single-use plastic items are a substantial contributor to litter across Canada, but compostable alternatives can follow a ...

Dear Heloise: With regard to the "recycling bags" submission that was in our paper on Aug. 2, I would like to suggest that Jane is reusing the plastic bags rather than recycling. She fills the plastic ...

Returnity Innovations has launched a new service, In Rotation, a program designed to maximize the lifespan of reusable shopping bags. According to the company, this program offers consumers a ...

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed SB 1053, from Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), into law, which will eliminate plastic bags at California grocery store checkout lanes. Those heavy-duty, ...

A bill that would require retail stores in the state of California to establish store recycling programs was passed by the California State Senate, and now goes to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for ...