For many, the biggest decision to make at the grocery story is the very last one — do you want your food packed in paper bags or plastic bags? The stores clearly would rather you go with plastic bags.

Paper or plastic — we all know the question. It conjures images of conveyor belts, sounds of beeps as items are scanned and maybe even smells of fresh mint as you wait in line near the packs of gum.

One of those solutions is an automated machine that builds padded boxes that are made-to-fit with each item. Products roll down a belt and onto the cardboard. Glue is rolled onto the cardboard before ...

For anyone who’s shopped at Trader Joe’s, it’s already a familiar choice: You can carry your groceries out in a paper bag or perhaps a spare cardboard box, in a tote you brought from home or — if ...

This time each year, first grade teacher Kassandra Poliziani asks her students at Gateway School District’s Dr. Cleveland Steward Jr. Elementary to decorate brown paper bags. But they don’t keep the ...

For years, “paper or plastic?” has been the question that millions of shoppers hear when they roll up to the checkout counter. But in California, that universal phrase may soon be going the way of ...

Californians have long supported the idea of eliminating single-use plastic bags from grocery store checkouts. In fact, nearly a decade ago, both the state’s voters and the California Legislature ...

Next time you are asked if you want a bag when checking at the supermarket, you can expect a paper bag as the plastic bag law goes into effect the first of the year. The change comes from Senate Bill ...

I oppose the proposed New Orleans City Council tax on paper and plastic bags. It will do nothing to protect the environment but will place additional burdens on residents of Orleans Parish. Although ...

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 plastic ...

CalPirg estimates the California ban will eliminate more than 11.5 billion plastic bags from the environment per year. Starting on Jan. 1, 2026, customers in California will no longer be given a ...