Rural Tonganoxie resident Karen Parrett recycles plastic bags by crocheting them together to make larger bags that can be used again and again, just as canvas bags are used to hold groceries and other ...

Reusable tote bags are like the Bourne movies. At first they were the best. A way to eliminate disposable plastic bags? YES. A film about a broody and resourceful assassin with amnesia? Sign me up for ...

In some very contemporary news, it turns out we may have overdone it with one area of the sustainability movement: the canvas tote bag. A humble and, by all previous accounts, eco way of traversing ...

Among America's unforgiving recycling elite, no bag is more universally revered than the almighty canvas tote bag. Once a demonized member of the bag community, the canvas tote has risen to prominence ...

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. For most of us, cutting down on single-use plastic has been part of our eco-journey over ...