AUSTIN, Texas — This Earth Day, a Texas-based grocery store is offering a free item to promote protection of the planet.

The Fledbag Original is a spike tool that pierces industrial bags and allows you to empty them easily. The company also makes Fledbag Easy, a similar device that is made for reusable bags.

Are you sick of hoarding those flimsy plastic grocery bags in your kitchen drawer? H-E-B to the rescue. Earth Day is here, ...