The Oregon Senate passed Senate Bill 551, which would eliminate all bags made of plastic film at checkout in restaurants, ...

Plastic film recycling is real, and expanding recycling infrastructure and promoting consumer education are more effective than bans.

MORE: We put dozens of trackers in plastic bags for recycling. Many were trashed. Azzariti referenced a 2024 study by the Freedonia Group, a market research company, that found the law led to a ...

After years of saying goodbye to plastic bags, Giant Eagle shoppers in Cuyahoga County are seeing a familiar sight at ...

Nearly three years after discontinuing the use of plastic bags, Giant Eagle has announced that plastic bags will return to ...

The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide.

The legislation will prohibit stores and restaurants from providing heavier plastic bags, as well as fabric checkout bags, ...

Most British councils do not recycle them, and they can contaminate recycling ... Composite plastics (i.e. plastics that have multiple layers, such as with aluminium and plastic in coffee bags) cannot ...

This year’s theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution,” and like other themes along the way is a repeat of an emphasis, first in 2018, ...

A new law signed by Gov. Bob Ferguson on Saturday also delays requirements for retailers to offer thicker bags for sale from ...

According to the co-sponsor memo, retailers would be forbidden from giving out plastic bags at check out and would be asked ...