Starting school is a big moment in a child’s life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people and new places. These changes can also mean it is sometimes a stressful time. But it doesn’t have ...

Kim Kardashian addressed her controversial elephant Birkin bag on sister Khloé Kardashian’s podcast “Khloé in Wonder Land” Wednesday, revealing the accessory was fake. Khloe Kardashian/YouTube Kim ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As I transitioned to a more environmentally low-impact lifestyle nearly a decade ago, I quit buying single-use items like paper ...

Whether you're a potato chip connoisseur or constantly keep dried beans on hand for your go-to one-pot red beans and rice recipe, most people's pantries are filled to the brim with bags of ingredients ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — The new year began with a new California law for grocery stores: shoppers no longer have the option to take home plastic bags at checkout. Instead, customers must either bring their own ...

*Starting January 1, 2026, California will no longer allow any plastic carryout bags at store checkouts. This includes both thin single-use bags and thicker “reusable” plastic bags, which had been ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denver may soon be able to use revenue from its 10-cent disposable bag fee to help implement other waste initiatives after City Council members backed off ...

As reported in my commentary from two months ago, starting next month, the fee for thick reusable plastic bags will increase from eight cents to 12 cents. Factor in sales tax, and consumers will ...

For many travelers, checking luggage is non-negotiable. Checking a bag can make a trip easier in some ways: It frees up your hands, and rather than lugging your belongings in and out of the plane ...