Now, some major retailers, such as Ontario's main liquor vendor, the LCBO, and Walmart Canada are turning to single-use paper bags. Walmart is phasing out its popular blue fabric bags in ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. There are growing calls to ban plastic bags that ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

California’s plastic grocery bag waste actually increased after the first ban went into effect, according to the state’s ...

permitting stores to let customers use their own reusable bags or buy a paper bag. There's quite a long time to wait for this expanded ban, as it's set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. California ...

The liquor retailer announced in April 2023 that it intended to phase out the use of paper bags. About a year later, the province directed the LCBO to bring them back. The premier previously said ...

"While our immediate priority is to promptly get paper bags back into stores using the selected vendor, I am directing the LCBO to also initiate a new tender process as soon as possible that will ...