in a major change to the grocery store’s longstanding “Bring Your Own Bag Refund” policy that originally helped to tout its environmentally conscious efforts. The grocery store first ...

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Now it’s taxed paper bags, or BYOB — Bring Your own Bag. That’s also the name of a new Montgomery County Council proposal with a goal to ban single-use plastic carryout bags.

The 10-cent bag credit program, often referred to as the BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) refund, was implemented in 2008 as a means to encourage customers to adopt using reusable bags. According to a ...

Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, began the bag credit program in 2008 to encourage shoppers to bring their own. Now that BYOB ... to hear from you. Email your letter to Editor at [email ...

There is not an official statewide ban yet, but environmental groups urge consumers to shop responsibly: bring your own bags, opt out of plastic cutlery and avoid Styrofoam in all forms.

But others are not pleased with the change. "I think it's a little inconvenient to have to bring your own bag to the convenience store," says one man. Lawson has put up posters explaining the new ...