Were hygiene considerations part of the decision to charge for new grocery bags? I've seen customers put well-used (i.e., dirty) cloth bags on the conveyor belts where I put my food. These bags are ...

Has your family switched to reusable cloth grocery bags? I keep about half a dozen in the trunk of my car. When I started this practice, I forgot to take the bags into the store. But, after making ...

Sounds like reusable cloth bags should come with a warning: “The use of reusable cloth grocery bags may cause E. coli, bubonic plague or Rocky Mountain tick fever. In some rare cases, the use of cloth ...

One of the major issues right now is the use of single-use plastic grocery bags. Local governments are beginning to ban them or make people pay for them. I don’t think banning them is necessary, ...

The plastic-industry funded study that found cloth grocery bags may be a biohazard needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Ok, it’s probably worth washing reusible shopping bags once in a while. My ...

Many people looking to live a more sustainable lifestyle have switched to reusable grocery bags. Rather than taking home single-use plastics and sending them to a landfill every time they buy food, ...

After a norovirus outbreak hit an Oregon soccer team, leaving seven girls sick with vomiting and diarrhea, researchers determined the culprit was a reusable grocery bag. They pieced together how the ...

I've noticed all the plastic and paper bags being taken out in carts at the grocery store. What a waste. Instead of polluting our oceans further with plastic and causing more trees to be cut down for ...

Unfortunately, throwing away those convenient disposable plastic bags carries grave consequences. They never break down and eventually contaminate the world’s waterways and oceans. Per The World ...

The Fredericton Direct Charge Co-op grocery store is imposing new rules on customers' use of cloth bags following a spike in shoplifting. Sheldon Palk, the grocery store's manager, said the switch to ...