Then stamp out the individual bags, seal the top and bottom, and cut out a rectangle ... make sure plastic bags are up to snuff. A key test is the “jog test.” Engineers put a weight resembling ...

The state Supreme Court jumped into the grocery bagging wars Thursday and agreed to decide whether a city can ban plastic bags at retail stores without studying the environmental effects of the ...

Shoppers could see plastic bags disappear from Boulder grocery ... will not result in a significant increase in diversion by weight, it would address other council priorities such as changing ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Aldermen heard from environmental groups and local retailers Tuesday, at a hearing Tuesday on a proposed ban on plastic shopping bags. Chicago would become the biggest city to ban ...

holding up a reusable canvas tote bag in one hand and a rectangular brown paper bag in the other. Unlike California’s first foray into outlawing plastic bags statewide, this version has support ...

A trade group has turned in enough signatures to qualify a referendum on California's plastic bag ban law, suspending implementation of the nation's first statewide ban until voters weigh in on ...

A legal agreement announced today will give the agency nine months to assess the risks associated with polyvinyl chloride, more well known as PVC. EPA may finally classify a commonly used plastic ...

BOSTON (AP) — A legislative panel is considering a statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags in Massachusetts. Under the legislation scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday by the ...