As a recycling educator, I have to say no to Marge Congress’s plea for compostable produce bags (“Readers respond: Produce bags should be compostable,” Aug. 7). What Oregonians need to know is that ...

A trip to the grocery store often feels mechanical: you go in, grab your usual list of necessities, pack them up, then head home to unload. But the truth is, each decision we make inside the store ...

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Bin with compost items and suggestions on what to do with paper and compostable bags, Union Square Farmer's Market, New York City. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

It’s been more than a year since Oahu’s plastic bag ban went into effect. Now there’s a push for a broader ban to close a loophole in the law. Under the current law, compostable plastic bags are still ...

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This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. In the United States, one of the best-selling dog waste bags on Amazon is compostable. So far, so green.