On Oct. 17, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a press release announcing the conclusion of a statewide ...

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Reusable grocery bags, food-service containers, and cutlery are better for the environment than single-use alternatives, even those that are compostable, concluded a comprehensive study published in ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia grocery stores could be forced to do away with plastic shopping bags. House Bill 1662, ...

A new study found that plastic use in shopping bags rose in New Jersey following the imposition of a statewide plastic and paper bag prohibition. Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) and New Jersey state ...

California, Hawaii and New York have all banned plastic bags on the state level. Only three states in the U.S. have passed laws banning single-use plastic bags as the global war on plastic production ...

The California attorney general's office sues plastic bag manufacturers for false claims of recyclability, among other ...

Customers at Aldi, the discount grocery retailer, will no longer be able to purchase plastic shopping bags from the popular chain. Aldi announced this month that stores have ended the plastic-bag ...

North Carolina’s current state budget, which was approved with bipartisan support and became law last fall without Governor Roy Cooper’s (D) signature, includes a provision barring local governments ...

ALDI has eliminated plastic shopping bags from all of its 2,300 U.S. stores. The retailer announced meeting its end of 2023 goal last week, adding that the action will save nearly 4,400 tons of ...

Vermont achieved a statewide ban on plastic bags. Active since 2020, the ban led to a massive 91% drop in their use, according to an article published on Phys.org. The clear policy with public support ...