LAS CRUCES - Most retailers are prohibited from providing shoppers with single-use plastic bags at checkout due to a new city ordinance that went into effect Jan. 1. Paper bags can be purchased for 10 ...

Each and every cloth or canvas bag that gets filled with groceries at Roundy's grocery stores is now worth a nickel off the grocery bill. Roundy's Supermarkets Inc. has announced it is expanding its 5 ...

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado ” Encouraged by a community-wide push to quit using plastic bags, Eagle-Vail resident Tricia Jacobs began bringing her own bags to the store. “I hate having all those (plastic) ...

two reusable grocery bags loaded with produce and bread held beside a person's legs - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Images Just a few decades ago, folks got by just fine without plastic grocery bags. They are ...

Though their primary appeal is to reduce plastic bag use, the best reusable grocery bags are strong enough to hold plenty of groceries and look stylish too. The ban on plastic grocery bags from most ...

WILLMAR -- Paper, plastic or cloth? The Kandiyohi County recycling program is launching an initiative this year to encourage people to give plastic a pass and reach for reusable cloth bags instead.