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If there's one thing almost every adult in the United States has in common, it's a secret stash of dozens of reusable shopping bags. Even in the shrinking areas where plastic bags are still available, ...

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Setsuko Nakamura, right, and others show reusable shopping bags and other items made from used carp streamers while preserving the original design in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward, July 30, 2025.

KITAKYUSHU -- For about a year, some residents here have been working on transforming carp streamers and wind socks that are traditionally displayed over a local river every spring into colorful ...

In a reversal, Kroger is delaying banning single-use plastic bags in Cincinnati stores until 2022. The move is an abrupt about-face for Kroger, which had been warning customers at 10 stores within the ...

Costco members tend to love a lot about the popular wholesale club, but most can't seem to get enough of this one flavorful ...

Frugal individuals are very particular about their leftovers. A survey from Gallup found that most Americans (76%) admitted ...

The Vietnamese government has made several moves to promote green consumption. Decision No. 889/QD-TTg (2022) approved a ...

Lagos State government’s July 1, 2025 enforcement of a single-use plastics ban, excluding PET bottles, sachet water, and ...

Lagos, a city teeming with over 20 million people, is drowning in plastic. From the bustling markets of Balogun to the ...

BENGALURU: Think again before you dump garbage in public and flout the ban on single-use plastic. Bengaluru Solid Waste ...