When you’re left with a collection of paper bags after going to the grocery store, you may be tempted to just toss them into the recycling bin. But saving them can make your life a whole lot easier.

Aldi doesn't do things like most typical grocery stores. Along with forgetting to bring a quarter for the cart, there are ...

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. Credit...Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Rachel Nuwer With ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in ... The Plastics Advisory Council said the overload of reusable shopping bags was “an unintended consequence of the law where bags are being ...

Before then, customers used paper bags to bring groceries and other merchandise back home from stores. Retailers switched to plastic bags because they were cheaper. Americans use roughly 100 ...

Forced to switch to — and purchase —reusable shopping bags, many people were not thrilled. Now, some state lawmakers want to allow a return to paper bags at the grocery checkout, provided the ...