Although you may store reusable shopping bags to take to the grocery store in order to avoid using disposable plastic ones, you may not be as consistent when it comes to a shopping spree at the mall.

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

especially with states like California banning single-use plastic bags. Stores such as Aldi, which we have a whole shopping ...

As for non-carrier disposable bags such as flat top plastic bags for bagging fresh ... develop the habit of bringing a reusable bag when shopping for groceries and more, and to reduce the use ...

It is by no means easy to wean consumers off disposable plastic products so widely used in their daily lives. Experts say sales of plastic bags have grown while the volume of plastic carrier bags ...