Family and friends have not called me “bag lady” because I live on the streets (I don’t) but because I am known to carry ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

When I was younger, it was embarrassing to admit that many of my clothes were secondhand or that I didn’t own many brand-name ...

1. Give up plastic bags. Take your own reusable ones to the store. A trillion plastic shopping bags are used worldwide every year, and 100 billion in the United States alone—that’s almost one ...

Cars are driving at a high speed on the Fontana highway in California, the United States.A woman with a plastic shopping bag ...

California, US, governor Gavin Newsom signed a law yesterday (22 September) to phase out plastic shopping bags at grocery store checkouts from 2026. Passed by state legislators last month ...

These magical laces can slide through the loops of any lace-up shoes and turn them into slip-ons. Amazon Reviewers note ...

She says she and two roommates recently tossed 175 reusable bags — collected via grocery delivery and in-store shopping ... still remain in effect. The plastic bag ban has had an unintended ...

A briny snack on the subway, love in the air in Park Slope and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan ...