Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To cut down on waste, some grocery store chains even offer shoppers reusable bags instead of plastic bags. But these reusable bags ...

Last week, the New York Times published an article by Grace Cook that got half of Twitter talking about “the cotton tote crisis.” At the center of this article—and the multiple tweets promoting it—is ...

Vera Bradley's signature, pattern-packed bags are getting some deep discounts - some as high as 68% off - on Amazon.

You care about the environment. You take your reusable coffee cup for a refill instead of getting disposable ones each time. You shun single-use carrier bags for a cotton tote. You’re a diligent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bags Plastic pollution is one of many symptoms associated with recycling and climate change that continue to negatively ...

When scientists look at the full life cycle of plastic retail bags versus paper and cotton, plastic bags usually come up an environmental winner. These studies have been done before, but a new one ...

A year or so ago, I decided to start using less plastic. I bought an insulated water bottle for my morning coffee, as well as bee’s wax wraps to replace cellophane, and I largely stopped putting my ...

Recently, Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton tote bags that she had accumulated in her closet. There were at least 25. There were totes from the eco-fashion brand ...

Scientists have modeled the cradle-to-grave environmental impact of using different types of shopping bags and report that in cities like Singapore, single-use plastic bags (made from high-density ...