Recycling Today4d
Updated FDA guidance supports use of reusable, refillable containers
Federal food code supplemental guidance had not addressed reusables since 2013.
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A new fight is coming over plastic bags
When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.
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FDA Supports Swapping Single-Use Containers for Reusable, Refillable Ones
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new federal food code supplemental guidance makes it easier for states to allow people to refill and reuse containers in restaurants, bulk grocery ...
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 ...
Carlsbad Current-Argus4d
Plastic bag ban starts Saturday in Carlsbad. Here’s what to know
A temporary ban on plastic bags used to carry groceries and other items purchased at stores throughout Carlsbad is set to go ...
'Saved my hands so much pain': This $14 Shark Tank bag carrier makes schlepping a cinch
"Love this bag carrier," wrote one happy reviewer. "This has saved my hands so much pain from carrying all the grocery bags ...
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Kamala Harris dubbed a 'hypocrite' after ex-VP was spotted carrying plastic bags on shopping trip
A section of social media trolled Kamala Harris and reminded her of the time when she talked about banning plastic straws ...