Fairfax County, for instance, has generated over $6 million in revenue from their plastic bag tax since they first implemented it in January 2022. These funds have supported a wide range of ...

Have you ever noticed someone with a plastic bag placed over their car's side mirrors? There are actually a number of reasons ...

New Jersey's single-use plastic bag ban, enacted in May 2022, is considered the strongest nationwide. The ban has eliminated over 24 billion plastic bags and 480 million paper bags from the waste ...

Washington residents will soon face heftier fines for littering and higher prices for plastic grocery bags. A new law signed ... will take effect in late July. Over the past five years, the ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering legislation that would prohibit large retailers from offering single-use plastic bags and ban the use of most polystyrene containers in the state over the next ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste ... 2 The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40% over the next decade. These oil giants are rapidly building ...

Resealable plastic bags are handy kitchen storage items. However, research suggests they can have negative effects on the ...

Olympic Plastic ... variety of bags, films and specialty products for customers in North America. Starting out as only a garbage bag converter in 1983, the company expanded over time to add ...

Lawmakers appear to be walking back a proposal to curb use of plastic products like disposable cutlery, condiment packets and tiny shampoo bottles, over concerns ... plastic bags that are ...

Article 17, which Town Meeting approved, bans Fairhaven businesses from distributing plastic checkout bags, defining acceptable bags as "sewn" and "capable of carrying 22 pounds over a distance of ...

o One-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziplock ... bag that is 4.5" x 6.5" or smaller). What about bringing blankets in cold weather? Fans can bring blankets by tossing them over a shoulder ...

Instead, it had been stuffed into a Ziplock bag and was placed in a plastic clamshell food container ... or her teacher of any concerns they had over her piece. Looking for answers, Williams ...