PlasticBags

Target and CVS are both rolling out programs designed to get shoppers to trim their reliance on plastic grocery bags. Anti-bag crusades are popular with eco-friendly companies; Whole Foods, for instance, scrapped disposable plastic bags back in 2008. According to this article in USA Today, the...

Know the way to San Jose? You're not going to be able to follow a paper or plastic trail for much longer. The city at the heart of Silicon Valley has become the latest in a string of large cities to ban retailers from giving out paper or plastic bags. Bags made of at least 40% recycled material...

Despite initial support, Seattle residents recently voted down a proposal that would have taxed plastic and paper shopping bags. The initiative, based on similar, successful programs elsewhere in the the U.S. and around the world, would have slapped a 20-cent "bag tax" on each plastic or paper bag...