Sen. Judith Schwank says plastic pollution poses serious threats to our environmental rights, public health and community resources.

(OPB) Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning ...

Oregon lawmakers approved a bill would ban the use of reusable plastic bags at grocery stores starting January 2027. A 2019 ...

About one year after debuting reusable fabric grocery bags, Giant Eagle is switching back to plastic at most of its Columbus stores. In May 2024, the ...

When it’s time to restock your pill dispenser from your personal pharmacy, it can be challenging to remember which time of day to take them or how many pills to take. To make this process easier, ...

Over the past few years, reusable grocery bags have become popular as an alternative to single-use plastics that are becoming more harmful to the earth. These bags not only help cut down on waste, but ...

Nearly three years after discontinuing the use of plastic bags, Giant Eagle has announced that plastic bags will return to ...

The Giant Eagle grocery chain is going back to the future, reintroducing plastic bags after a failed reusable bag experiment.

This updated goal focuses on operational plastics, including recycling plastic within stores, eliminating single-use bags, increasing recycled content within plastic bags to eliminate virgin plastic ...

A Kraft Heinz coffee recycling program is now accepting compostable coffee pods and disposable coffee bags from Maxwell House, Nabob, and Ethical Bean brands through a free recycling program.

Items like rice, pasta, nuts, and trail mix often come in resealable bags or pouches. These grocery items recycled from customer returns can be especially tricky to spot, as it’s easy for a store to ...

with only a fraction ever recycled, its environmental toll keeps growing. One Reddit user recently highlighted a case of plastic wastefulness on r/mildlyinfuriating. Their local Sprouts grocery store ...