Plastic bag ban all about the greenbacks? I read the Sept. 13 article, "Giant Eagle phasing out plastic bags next month." This is under the guise of making our world “greener." Single-use plastic bags ...

A recent letter writer states that it takes effort to return plastic bags to the grocer’s recycling containers and claims that the downside of eliminating plastic bags is that he won’t have anything ...

Opinion column on curbing plastic pollution is appreciated. Some sources suggest less than 10% of all plastic has been ...

Paper or plastic? How about neither? For years, we have been asked, in the supermarket, do we prefer a paper or plastic bag for groceries. Now the choice has spread to, of all things, drinking straws.

Despite plastic being one of the most difficult materials to recycle, companies continue to put recycling symbols on items that will never end up anywhere but the landfill. If we’re going to truly ...

Now that nearly all the leaves have dropped from the trees, it’s common to see people burning leaves in backyard burn barrels. However, some local residents are disposing of plastic waste and ...