2020 Ohio: Gov. DeWine, state legislators preempt plastic bag bans for a year. On October 13, 2020, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed HB 242, which preempted "the authority to use an auxiliary container, to ...

The law banned plastic bags as of Jan. 1, 2021, and a paper bag ban is set to kick in effective July 1. Lujan on Friday said high-end retailers were worried that a ban on high-quality shopping ...

Packing hacks to make traveling easier, from the road-warrior travel experts at The Points Guy and Going (formerly Scott’s ...

Gently used reusable bags are collected, sanitized, and distributed to food banks, pantries, and directly to residents in ...

Volunteers at Good Shepherd Parish in Ubly have crocheted 437 sleeping mats from plastic bags since 2021, helping the ...

Gather up a collection of white plastic bags that have minimal to no printing on them. If you can find colorful plastic bags, even ones that once held frozen vegetables, bread, or a mailed package, ...

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

I’ve never seen this hint before, so I thought I’d share. My hands no longer work the way they should, and getting flimsy poo bags open was a ...

"And by 2025, those five grocery bags of plastic are going to be ten bags," she says. That would be 155 million tons a year if present garbage management practices remain the same.

It’s in the bag: Biodegradable plastic idea takes top prize in student startup pitch competition. by Kurt Schlosser on June 6, 2025 at 8:19 am June 6, 2025 at 8:38 am. Share 5 Tweet Share Reddit ...

Kenya introduced what has been called “the world’s strictest” plastic bag ban in 2017, with penalties including fines of up to $40,000 or four years in prison for violators. The law targets ...