Starting Jan. 1, all Californians should see the rollout of a state law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in 2022 requiring that those ...

Despite being associated with the supernatural, Irish people traditionally saw Halloween as a night for fun and games ...

Bag manufacturers are against bans on their products and they insist that the thin plastic film bag, made of polyethylene ... report prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an industry ...

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental crisis. Millions of plastic or polythene bags are used and discarded each year, contributing to the pollution of land, rivers, and oceans.

Don't through away those plastic bags! Reuse them, turn your old shopping bags into a cool new kite by following these instructions. Feed some string through a new straw (Leaving about 10cm either ...

In various cities and states, plastic bag bans have taken hold as a way to reduce pollution and prevent excess waste from harming the environment. But what differences have the laws made in ...

What is a Colostomy Bag? A colostomy bag is a pouch made of heavy-duty plastic that’s worn on your body and collects your poop. You will need to use one of these bags if you had a colostomy ...

Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

Under the county’s current laws, retailers charge 5 cents for plastic bags. Four cents go to the county for its Water Quality ...

To the editor: Los Angeles passed a ban on supermarket plastic bags in 2013, which the state followed with its ban a year later, preempting L.A.’s ordinance. But the state version had an ...

and the PE is made domestically from natural gas,” a general manager of bag supplier Crown Poly said in a 2023 report (PDF) prepared by Freedonia Custom Research on behalf of an industry group, the ...