With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban coming into effect this July, people are trying to find different ways to reuse their bags and keep them out of landfills. "I'm sure we [all] have ...

You may live in an area that's outlawed single-use plastic shopping bags. This is a great step toward reducing waste, litter, and pollution, but plastic bags aren't going away any time soon. They're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pile of colorful empty plastic shopping bags - Irina Tiumentseva/Getty Images Has this ever happened to you? You get to the ...

Sophan Buffa is always ready for a plarn party. The Windsor public school teacher who is on maternity leave is planning a plarn party in Walkerville Dec. 16 and hopes to get enough plastic yarn to ...

Jessica McDonald, a textile artist from St. John's, recently started using plarn, a yarn made out of plastic bags, in her crafts. (Heather Barrett/CBC) With Newfoundland and Labrador's plastic bag ban ...