If you love the idea of paper bags ... or backpack for unexpected shopping trips. The New York Department of Health says to ...

Trader Joe’s highly sought-after mini tote has returned to shelves and is being offered in pastel shades of pink, blue, green ...

Paper bags, however, are not necessarily a better choice. They come with their own list of environmental caveats, as do reusable totes ... of different kinds of grocery bags.

For a second year, a limited run of mini canvas tote bags had people waiting in line outside Trader Joe’s stores. At some stores, they sold out in less than an hour.

Forced to switch to — and purchase —reusable shopping bags, many people were not thrilled. Now, some state lawmakers want to allow a return to paper bags at the grocery checkout, provided the ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were ... The Plastics Advisory Council said the overload of reusable shopping bags was “an unintended consequence of the law where bags ...