Bellevue First Responders display fabric shopping bags made from T-shirts by Green Bellevue members and decorated by children at Earth Day events. Green Bellevue presented 39 fabric bags to the city’s ...

Mary Banks was 33 years old in 1965. A lot was happening back then — the Vietnam War, a dance craze called "the twist" and the first polyethylene shopping bag. Hailing from Sweden, single-use plastic ...

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YARDS of old curtains, assorted scissors and a collection of old sewing machines may seem unlikely weapons in the battle to save the planet, but they are doing their bit. I’ve come to Kirkbymoorside ...