STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the plastic bag ban in effect Sunday, there may actually be a renewed interest in the brown paper bag -- once used for covering school books, as most Gen Xers may recall.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) -This segment on The Three was paid for and sponsored by Destination Bryan. With the kids being out of school, summer can be a tricky time for parents. If you’re struggling to keep ...

In order to cut corners and save money wherever we could this year, a lot of us rented our textbooks or plan to sell them after classes are over. But with all sorts of stuff crammed into our bags ...

Cut off the bottom of the paper grocery bag, then cut along one side of the bag to open it up so that it lays flat. Follow the steps outlined in the map book cover project to make a basic book cover ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X When I was young, relatives told me to stay out of the sun, because “you’ll get sunburned.” The ...

My mom kept the brown paper bags carefully folded and stored inside of another paper bag in the cellarway. With five kids in the house bringing home textbooks in multiple subjects at the beginning of ...

Universal Pictures has optioned rights to The Paper Bag Princess, the 1980s children’s book written by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko that has sold more than 10 million copies.

In May, New Jersey became the first state to ban single-use bags made from plastic or paper in large grocery stores. The new ban lumps both types of totes together, but one is actually worse for the ...

It’s a common question: “Paper or plastic?” And while we may not think much of what type of bag we prefer while buying our eggs, the history of the paper bag has roots right here in Central ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Few things are as useful as the paper bag. In the United States, people use (and reuse) 10 billion of them ...