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California's plastic bag ban backfires after customers just start dumping thicker and heavier 10 cent 'reusable' carriers instead, triggering more pollution than ever
Customers now dump thicker and heavier 'reusable' carriers instead ... problem by proposing a new law that plans to ban the thick plastic bags too. The proposed legislation is co-authored by ...
Plastic bag ban left N.J. with 65K extra reusable bags. Here’s where they went.
Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 ...
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7 sustainable alternatives to plastic bags — from reusable produce bags to totes made from upcycled denim
When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more In terms of materials, plastic is about as ubiquitous as they come. It's everywhere — one of the ...
How many times do you need to use your reusable bags to make it count? What the experts say
However, alternatives for shopping, which include cotton and paper reusable bags, also come with an environmental footprint, ...
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Pick 'n Save and Metro Market promised to ditch plastic bags by 2025. Is that still happening?
"We are phasing out use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags and transitioning to reusable bags in our stores by 2025," Kroger chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said in a 2018 press release.