And neither of these stores will sell you a plastic bag; they offer paper bags for 10 cents. At Whole Foods, 79 shoppers emerged with all-new paper bags, while 29 had reusables.

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A ban on single-use plastic and paper bags in grocery stores had an unintended effect: Delivery services switched to heavy, reusable sacks — lots of them. By Clare Toeniskoetter Nicole ...

Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month. The company previously stopped giving out single-use ...

Others who’d previously used paper bags responded more strongly to the fee, choosing to stop using them once they came with a ...

Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Since May 2022, large grocery stores and big box ...

When New Jersey enacted its wide-ranging plastic bag ban six months ago, it also banned all paper bags from supermarkets and big box stores.. The law is estimated to have eliminated 3 billion ...

Lawmakers are considering amending it to allow paper bags when it comes to online deliveries. TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- It could be a flip-flop in New Jersey over the state's single-use bag ban.

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.