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A bag is a bag is a bag, right? Wrong. That's the way Jeri Barrett sees things. The owner of Herbal Solutions on Silver Bluff Road has been sending her customers home with their purchases in BioBags, ...

From jute bags to eco-friendly juice bottles, the packaging industry embraces sustainable materials that cut environmental ...

Last year, Japanese artist Sho Shibuya raised awareness for the global plastic pollution crisis with a 144-page book, called PLASTIC PAPER, which catalogued the range of designs printed on single-use ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Plastic bags are a big problem, and the Portland Press Herald and its ...

San Francisco recently approved a ban on non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags. While retail stores adjust to the change, it's unclear how it will affect people whose job it is to snag plastic bags ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If you’re a dog owner, that little plastic dog waste bag is probably your second best friend. However, most of those small bags that are marketed as “eco-friendly” or ...

Lois R. of Wake Forest, NC is the creator of the Pet Waste Scooper, a vacuum-style tool designed to efficiently clean up solid pet waste from the ground. Users can hold the device like a leaf blower ...

When you pick up your dog’s poop, you do everyone a favor, but if you want to do the environment a favor as well you’ll need to use the right poop bag. A regular old plastic bag can pollute oceans, ...