Plastic can feel impossible to avoid at the grocery store, from packaging on produce to single-use bags at checkout. Every trip resulted in a mound of plastic on my counter when I got home this year, ...

Beaufort County is leading a broader effort to restrict bags and other items made of plastic. Beaufort’s preliminary vote was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Paper or plastic?” You won’t be hearing that common question at California grocery stores any more starting Thursday, Jan. 1, ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

A recent trip to the grocery store was eye-opening, but the revelation was a couple of years too late. I bought meat packaged in shrink wrap. I bought soda and juice in plastic bottles. Cereal is less ...