Last week, the New York Times published an article by Grace Cook that got half of Twitter talking about “the cotton tote crisis.” At the center of this article—and the multiple tweets promoting it—is ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Tote bags have become so ubiquitous that even men are carrying them around. Retailers started pushing tote bags as early as 2007 to promote sustainability, on the assumption that reusing the same bag ...

Recently, Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton tote bags that she had accumulated in her closet. There were at least 25. There were totes from the eco-fashion brand ...

Although San Francisco and California have both banned plastic bags, many city stores continue to make the contraband item available. This is a huge problem for the environment. Plastic bags can ...

Once upon a time, kitchens across the country had one thing in common: a cupboard filled with plastic bags, stuffed with more plastic bags. Now it’s tote bags that spill out of the hidden crevices in ...

Long hailed by brands as the eco-friendly solution to single-use plastic bags, cotton totes have ironically become part of the problem. According to a 2020 study by Singapore's Nanyang Technological ...

If a pile of logo-stamped, branded cotton tote bags is taking over an armchair in your office, it’s high time to invest in a more elevated carryall for office days, Pilates classes, weekend travel, ...