ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For decades, a carveout in New York’s child labor laws allowed kids as young as 11 to legally partake in the time-honored tradition of a paper route. Flipping papers into suburban ...

Primark, famed for its iconic brown paper bags - a tell-tale sign there's a store nearby - is set to implement a fee for these previously complimentary carriers. In an eco-conscious move ...

Primark has taken an eco-conscious approach with their decision to sell paper carrier bags. A declaration on their website states: "Our famous brown bags are made from a natural and renewable ...

Primark is about to roll out a major change to its carrier bags. The store has been one of the only retailers left not to charge shoppers for its signature brown paper carrier bags at checkout tills.

Long-time Primark fans will be well aware that the high-street fashion store has been one of the few retailers to introduce bag fees at the checkout, but now, that is going to change. The budget ...

There was much gnashing of teeth a month ago when it emerged that Brown Thomas was going to charge customers 60 cent a pop for branded paper carrier bags. No doubt some customers would be irked by ...

In the second half of 2023, FairPrice provided about 142 million fewer disposable carrier bags, compared with the ... staples like dishwashing liquid and paper products to a wide variety of ...

A councillor has hit out at shops charging for paper bags after he paid 20 cent in a Clarks store for a bag in which to take his new shoes home. Fine Gael councillor Naoise Ó Muirí is demanding ...

“Just last weekend I was charged 10 cent for a paper bag in a national bookshop ... although paying for other types of carrier bags has been standard for more than two decades.

Since 2015, large retailers in England have been required by law to charge 5p for all single-use plastic carrier bags ... in favour of bags for life, which are thicker, or paper bags, with ...