Colorado’s ban on single-use plastic bags has led to a noticeable uptick in paper bags for some shoppers — especially those ...

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 ...

There’s something unassuming about a paper bag. It doesn’t shout for attention. It quietly holds what’s inside. But when you take a bite of what’s wrapped within, the flavors suddenly ...

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

A Baltimore County Council bill that would have created an environmental enhancement fund partially financed with money retailers charge for paper bags failed Monday night. The legislation would ...

With Guam's once-delayed paper bag ban taking effect July 1, luxury retailers on Friday testified in support of a bill that would exempt “branded bags” from the ban. But lawmakers also got to ...

Hood Packaging plans to close its paper bag plant in Vancouver and lay off 94 people, the company told Washington state workforce officials this week. It’s the latest setback in the region’s ...

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

NOW, WHILE IT WOULD STILL ALLOW PLASTIC BAGS FOR THINGS LIKE PRODUCE OR PRESCRIPTION, IT WOULD REQUIRE RETAILERS TO CHARGE A FEE FOR PAPER BAGS. NOW, OF COURSE, THESE KINDS OF BANS HAVE ALREADY ...

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.