NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio distributed reusable bags Friday afternoon ahead of the statewide ban on plastic bags that takes effect March 1. The event was held at 1 p.m.

New York residents will soon only be able to carry their groceries inside paper bags that will cost them 5 cents each --- that is unless they bring their own reusable bags. Before the ban on ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This Earth Day, a Texas-based grocery store is offering a free item to promote protection of the planet. H-E-B is giving away 274,000 free reusable bags on Tuesday only, starting at 8 ...

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To help New York customers eschew single-use plastic shopping bags, Stop & Shop this month will begin providing free reusable bags ahead of a state ban. Single-use plastic bags are scheduled to be ...

Are you sick of hoarding those flimsy plastic grocery bags in your kitchen drawer? H-E-B to the rescue. Earth Day is here, and to celebrate, the San Antonio-based grocer is giving away 274,000 free ...

Right now it’s weeks. But soon it’ll be days and before you know it, New Jersey’s strict ban on single-use plastic bags will be in full effect statewide — and grocery store shoppers will likely start ...