Plastic bag ban in Carlsbad begins this weekend
Carlsbad’s trial run for a single-use plastic bag ban will begin this weekend. Starting Saturday, retailers and restaurants ...
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Where Kroger’s pledge to get rid of plastic bags by 2025 stands
Seven years ago, the Ohio-based grocery chain Kroger pledged to get rid of plastic bags in all of its stores by 2025.  Kroger made the announcement in August 2018, stating ...
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Plastic bag ban left N.J. with 65K extra reusable bags. Here’s where they went.
Nearly three years into New Jersey’s plastic bag ban, residents continue to collect reusable bags, throw them out or donate them. A pilot program aimed at collecting extra reusable bags ...
The Washington Post29d
Montgomery County considers plastic-bag ban, doubling tax on paper bags
Montgomery County is considering a proposed change to its grocery-bag policy that would ban the use of plastic bags at most stores and double the tax on paper bags to 10 cents. The proposal ...
Center for Biological Diversity3mon
The Problem With Plastic Bags
Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...
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No more plastic shopping bags? Bill wants to make them illegal at Virginia grocery stores
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia grocery stores could be forced to do away with plastic shopping bags. House Bill 1662, introduced by Del. Michael Jones (D-Chesterfield), would make it illegal ...
Opinion
Commentary: Attempting to solve the plastics problem
Admittedly, I was muttering profanity as I ran into the garage barefoot stepping on something wet and slimy, searching for the tin snips. Although I have never actually snipped a piece of tin, ...