The non-woven bags that you have been using, thinking that they are an eco-friendly alternative to plastic bags, contain polypropylene (a form of plastic), a study published on Thursday has revealed.

If you have tons of bags lying around then you may want to think about upcycling them. If you do then you will soon find that you can easily turn them into something way more special, and you may even ...

Since the ban on plastic bags last month, non-woven bags have been emerging as the most popular alternative with local stores and big retailers because bags made of this material offer the texture and ...

A spike in the use of non-woven bags made of polypropylene fabric and sold under the tag of ‘cloth bags’ in Ernakulam seems to have hit efforts to shift to eco-friendly carrybags following the ban on ...

Concerned over the rampant use of environmentally hazardous ‘non-woven’ plastic carry bags across the State, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to impose a complete ban on its use from ...

Plastic consumption in New Jersey spiked by nearly three times following the state’s implementation of a strict ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, a study found. "Following New Jersey’s ban of ...

As the government struggles to implement the ban on single-use plastic, non-woven bags flooding markets as cheap alternatives are the new menace. The non-woven sheets pose a problem to the environment ...

Thiruvananthapuram: A leading retail shop on MG Road, from which plastic carry bags were repeatedly seized after the ban, continues to give out non-woven polypropylene big shoppers to customers. There ...

Ex-Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural resources Prof Judi Wakhungu (second right) with Principal secretary Julius Sunkuli (right) during the launch of Safaricom Eco - Friendly Reusable Bags ...