So when I go to the grocery store I always ask for paper sacks rather than the plastic equivalent. As I finish shopping and proceed through the line to the check out clerk, he or she removes my ...

Plastic is everywhere. We assume it is safe, but guess what? It is not, and more research is finding just how unhealthy it can be. Most of us already know that there is a problem with plastics in ...

Not all plastics are created equal. For containers that you can feel safe storing your food items in, look for these specific ...

I have been experimenting with not using plastic food storage bags and instead using waxed paper bags.

Letter: Innocent sea creature killed by negligent plastic disposal This whale was found with “grocery bags, plastic garbage bags, four banana plantation sacks and 16 rice sacks” in its stomach.

Wrapping the stems in paper towels and storing them in the fridge creates an ideal cold, dark environment as it preserves the peonies in a moist environment as humidity condenses inside the 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 ...

To the Editor: Re “ Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? New Proposals Like Neither ” (news article, Bay Area edition, May 21): The record needs to be set straight on paper bags. When it comes to ...

Walmart? Others? REI has been using paper bags, if bags are needed, for years. I'm sure there are others. Businesses that decide to ban plastic will definitely get my support. — Diane Crawford ...

There are so many op-eds in and letters to the paper talking about the amount of plastic in our world and the damage it is doing. There are even no more free plastic bags at the grocery. I have ...

Letter: Ocean’s drowning in plastic–California needs polystyrene ban All this plastic injures and kills marine animals including birds and sea turtles.