It takes 1,000 years for the bags to disintegrate, shedding hormone-disrupting chemicals as they do. And that outcome is all but inevitable, because no system exists to routinely recycle them.

California is now the first state in the country to ban all plastic bags — including recyclable bags — from grocery stores. Take-out containers may be next. INSKEEP: Second, I can't say that I ...

Yet companies that rely on plastics production, including oil giant ExxonMobil, want to convince the government to let them put the label “recyclable” on plastic bags and other plastic ...

Buncombe County residents use an astounding number of single-use plastic bags every year — 130 million, by one estimate — and, despite being recyclable, nearly all end up in landfills where ...

as part of NEMO’s “Endless Promise” line of sleeping bags, the Coda represents NEMO’s first fully recyclable line of down bags. It uses ALLIED Feather + Down’s (AF+D) 100% ethically ...

Oregon lawmakers approved a bill would ban the use of reusable plastic bags at grocery stores starting January 2027. A 2019 bill blocked grocers and restaurants from allowing single use plastic bags ...

A statewide ban on single-use plastic bags is being proposed in Pennsylvania, adding the state to a growing list of others ...

Artisans celebrated the environment ministry's anniversary with crafts linking to Vodou spirit, recycling materials, and culture.