Under the county’s current laws, retailers charge 5 cents for plastic bags. Four cents go to the county for its Water Quality ...

Montgomery County leaders are considering a bill that would ban plastic carryout bags and place a 10-cent fee on paper bags.

From unconditional love to Insta-worthy photos, dog ownership comes with an endless list of perks—but poop duty, alas, is not ...

One member of Stamford's Board of Representatives said she believed the board should instead focus on single-use utensils.

This old-fashioned apple pie recipe calls for baking in a brown paper bag to create a tender apple filling in a golden pie ...

Gone are the days of free plastic bags. Now it’s taxed paper bags, or BYOB — Bring Your own Bag. That’s also the name of a new Montgomery County Council proposal with a goal to ban single-use plastic ...

Eight states have banned single-use plastic bags from stores, and the results of the bans have been a mixed bag, with some ...

California strengthens its plastic bag ban, requiring grocery stores and retailers to offer only recycled paper bags by 2026.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law banning plastic bags in September; advocates hope it helps to curb plastic waste.

Paper bags will return to LCBO stores in “the coming weeks,” just over a year after it first phased them out to reduce its carbon footprint, the government-run retailer says. Sean O'Shea reports.

California has a plastic bag problem — but not for long. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law fully banning ...