A few months ago Nick Gross wouldn’t have thought twice about taking reusable bags with him when he went grocery shopping. In fact, he wouldn’t have thought about it at all. Now, most of the time he goes to the store he thinks about his reusable shopping bags — usually when he’s in the checkout line and realizes […]
Washington is on the verge of joining a global movement to ban single-use plastic bags, with legislation passing the state House of Representatives with bipartisan support on Saturday. The bill would make Washington the ninth state to ban the bags, which are frequently seen stuck to trees, blowing about in litter and becoming tangled with marine life. Bag […]
When you buy something in a store, do you rely on the store’s plastic bags to get your items home? Or do you bring your own reusable bag — or just skip the bag entirely? For residents of New York state, the store-provided plastic bag won’t be an option any more as of March 1. […]
Every year, New York state gets through a staggering 23bn plastic bags – the vast majority of which end up in landfill or polluting streets, green spaces and waterways. But it is hoped the single-use carriers will become a relic, now a long-awaited state-wide ban on single use plastic bags has come into force. The new law […]
New Jersey is poised to become the first state to ban both single-use plastic and paper bags – a move that could help stimulate interest in branded reusable bags, such as totes. Just days after neighboring New York’s single-use plastic bag ban took effect, New Jersey’s state Senate voted in favor of a bill that would […]
British Airways, the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, has just announced that it plans to remove 700 tonnes of single-use plastic from its flights over the course of 2020. The company will be swapping disposable plastic items for “more sustainable” alternatives, such as recyclable or reusable materials. It comes as aviation companies have come […]
NEW YORK, March 1 (Xinhua) — A ban on single-use plastic bags officially took effect in the U.S. state of New York on Sunday, though the state will wait until April 1 to penalize stores that violate the ban. Shoppers can now carry their own reusable bags, or pay a five-cent fee on a paper […]
On Wednesday, social impact group A Plastic Planet published an open letter urging the government to include sachets – used for everything from ketchup and vinegar to shampoo – in European and UK legislation which bans other “throwaway” items such as plastic straws and cotton buds. In the letter, the group states that 855bn sachets are used […]
Radisson Hotel Group announced several initiatives to cut the use of single-use plastics in all its hotels. The hotel group said it will replace small bottles for common bathroom products with bulk amenity dispensers across all brands by the beginning of 2022. According to the hotel group, this initiative will remove 57 million miniature amenities […]
New York is banning the distribution of single-use plastic bags statewide on Sunday, a move with the ambitious goal of reducing the billions of discarded bags that stream annually into landfills, rivers and oceans. The law forbids most businesses from handing out the thin bags that are ubiquitous in supermarkets, bodegas and boutiques, making New […]
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