Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person unloads groceries from plastic grocery bags - Torgonskaya Tatiana/Shutterstock Plastic grocery bags can be hard to avoid.

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Polyethylene, or PE, is one of the most commonly produced plastics in the world. It is used primarily for making grocery bags, trash bags and packaging films and wraps as well as food containers, ...

The Rock Springs Public Library, 101 1st St., will celebrate Sauk County Earth Week by learning how to transform plastic bags into beautiful, functional art at 6 p.m. tonight. Approximately 500 ...

Plastic grocery bags can be hard to avoid. Whether you forgot your usual reusable bags, your store ran out of paper bags temporarily, or paper bags just are not the norm in your area, it is shockingly ...