Re: “Victoria council gives approval to plastic-bags ban as of July 1,” Jan. 13. I got my first fabric bag in the 1980s. It lasted for 20 years and finally wore out. I’ve made four since then, in ...

Giant Eagle’s decision to abandon reusable fabric shopping bags in favor of single-use plastic bags made from recycled materials reveals complex tensions between environmental ideals and consumer ...

Bellevue First Responders display fabric shopping bags made from T-shirts by Green Bellevue members and decorated by children at Earth Day events. Green Bellevue presented 39 fabric bags to the city’s ...

Mary Banks was 33 years old in 1965. A lot was happening back then — the Vietnam War, a dance craze called "the twist" and the first polyethylene shopping bag. Hailing from Sweden, single-use plastic ...

Nancy Piercy of North Vancouver and Joanne Morneau of Burnaby got out their sewing machines to make 20 fabric shopping bags recently. The bags were donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank , who ...

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The other day I was doing some research into a bill now before the state Senate that would ban single-use shopping bags. As I was working in my office, my wife pulled up the driveway after a trip to ...