In the midst of 2020 COVID measures, another change took place in Vermont: A law went into effect banning businesses from ...

With a ban on paper bags set to take effect on July 1, lawmakers may carve out an exemption for any paper bag that bears the brand of the store or manufacturer selling the product. Lawmakers moved ...

Lawmakers have responded. Since 2010, more than 100 countries have implemented partial or total bans or fees on plastic ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

CPG brands recognize paper’s potential to advance a circular economy. But implementation is hindered by performance ...

Learn more Any adventure duffel worth its weight is tough. Durability is one of many reasons people love the Black Hole and Base Camp, two iconic bags from Patagonia and The North Face. From afar, the ...

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