Plastic bags aren’t that bad. Now I know what you might be thinking: “Are you trying to hurt the earth?” But hear me out. My family uses plastic bags way more than reusable ones. We use it for trash ...

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 our ...

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 ...

As a Washington resident, I see plastic pollution every time I go outside. I cannot remember a time in my life when my walks weren’t blighted by plastic. With increasing production, there is now even ...

To the editor: Regarding the environmental damage from plastic and specifically plastic bags, no better illustration of the problem could be made than from two letters printed on Sept. 14. A ...

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 ...

I enjoy reading Mark Lewis’ columns, but have been bothered by the “guilty pleasure” he takes in his forlorn love of plastic grocery bags. Now that these bags are gone in the upper valley, he says he ...

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 ...