The Baltimore County Council shot down a bill that would have required retailers to give the county part of the fee charged for paper bags to finance an environmental fund.

Hood Packaging plans to close its paper bag plant in Vancouver and lay off 94 people, the company told Washington state workforce officials this week. It’s the latest setback in the region’s ...

A Pennsylvania state senator is pushing to outlaw single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the entire commonwealth.

Giant Eagle is shifting its approach to shopping bags once again. The grocery chain is replacing its fabric reusable bags with new single-use plastic bags made from 75% recycled material. The move ...

The Paper Bag Deli owner Richard Sterck said he went through a rigorous process before the restaurant was selected for the show.

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box ...

Paper bags tend to require more energy to produce than plastic ones. A 2011 study by Britain’s Environment Agency, for example, concluded that you’d have to reuse a paper bag three times to ...

The paper bag entered the chat circa 2010, according to Just Eat, a major food-delivery platform in the United Kingdom. At its most basic, the spice bag ($15.99) is drinking food.

Bags have to be very durable, watertight, and airtight to protect the seeds until they’re ready to be dropped on the ground to grow. Home improvement and garden departments can also be rough and ...

Maryland Politics Montgomery County adopts plastic bag ban, doubles tax on paper bags The new law, which will go into effect in 2026, is geared toward keeping pollution out of local waterways.

Colorado legislators voted down a proposal to repeal a recent state law establishing a ten-cent fee on all single-use paper grocery bags.

DIIV released one of our favorite albums of 2024, Frog In Boiling Water, which was also our Album Of The Week. One of its singles “Brown Paper Bag” now has a trippy remix by the Dutch ...