PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

Albertsons pharmacies are swapping white for brown as they transition from traditional white prescription bags to a new recycled brown bag at 1,700+ locations across the United States. The switch to a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Giant Eagle and Market District locations will no longer charge for paper bags in Cuyahoga County while the grocery-store company also is launching incentives for customers to use ...

In the vast sea of plastic bags that fill our world, what is recyclable and is it actually being recycled? Plastic is difficult to escape. Many products are wrapped, sealed and mailed in some sort of ...

Are plastic shopping bags really recyclable? That’s what Coralville resident Mary C. McCarthy wondered when she wrote to Curious Iowa, a series from The Gazette that answers readers’ questions. While ...

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