A newly Senate-passed bill would ban plastic bags and implement a fee for paper bags at stores across Massachusetts. The bill provides $30 million for tree planting initiatives across the state. One ...

Coveted £20 accessory to be marketed as part of sequel’s ticket deal – and is already being touted for resale from £130 In a recent trailer for the highly anticipated The Devil Wears Prada sequel, the ...

The Massachusetts legislature advanced a sweeping environmental bond bill April 8 that includes a provision to ban single-use plastic bags and charge a fee for paper bags at stores across the state.

ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR OTHER BAGS. OUR EMILY MAHER IS LIVE IN WALTHAM TONIGHT TO EXPLAIN. EMILY. WELL, MARIA, THIS ISN’T A NEW CONCEPT HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. MANY CITIES AND ...

A $3.64 billion environmental bond bill advancing through the Massachusetts Senate includes a provision that would ban single-use plastic bags and implement a 10-cent fee for paper bags at stores ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic bags, even those deemed "recyclable." We found no ...

OLYMPIA – Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that would either reduce the fee and reintroduce thinner, single-use ...

At Sprouts, Ralphs, and Pavilions, checkout lines moved without the usage of familiar bagging of thick plastic “reusable” bags — the kind the state now says were rarely reused at all. Some shoppers ...

A proposal to fix this will go before lawmakers in January. The legislation was pre-filed in the House and Senate last month, and the first hearings are scheduled for Jan. 14 and 15. When the ...

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...