This summer the Anne Arundel Group of the Sierra Club conducted a survey of more than 3,000 shoppers at 27 grocery stores and the results were amazing! Seventy-two percent of shoppers were using ...

BETHESDA, Md. (DC News Now) — Shoppers in Montgomery County are seeing a noticeable change at checkout as a new plastic bag ban officially took effect at the start of the new year. Under the new law, ...

In the future, Maryland consumers in Montgomery County could forget about plastic bags at the grocery store. Those will be banned — with some exceptions — if a new bill passes the council this week.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It makes sense that Costco doesn't offer regular paper or plastic bags for their groceries; in addition to environmental and economical ...

Gone are the days of free plastic bags. Now it’s taxed paper bags, or BYOB — Bring Your own Bag. That’s also the name of a new Montgomery County Council proposal with a goal to ban single-use plastic ...

Shoppers at Whole Foods Market who bring their own bags will no longer receive a credit towards their bill, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC Chicago, in a major change to the grocery store's ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County is banning plastic grocery bags in the New Year. The "bring your own bag" law, taking effect Jan. 1, also increases the tax on paper bags from 5 ...