Tag: Plastic Bag

September 21, 2022

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy, in partnership with the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, has released a new resource entitled, “Beyond the Plastic Bag: Sparking a Sea Change for Reuse.” It shares key insights gathered from […]

October 19, 2020

New York’s Bag Waste Reduction Law goes into effect on Monday, Oct. 19. following a six-month delay. The ban on single-use plastic bags at supermarkets, delis, and superstores is aimed at reducing the number of bags that are used across […]

April 2, 2020

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed into law a legislation that bans the use of single-use bags in the state. The ban, which goes into effect on January 1, 2021, will include an 8-cent fee for paper and reusable bags […]

February 3, 2020

U.S. plastic bag manufacturers and recyclers have signed a wide-ranging sustainability commitment for the industry and renamed their coalition the American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance (ARPBA). The agreement by ARPBA members includes a target that 95 percent of plastic retail […]

January 16, 2020

The New Hampshire House on January 9 passed two bills that aim to regulate single-use plastics. House Bill 559 would require New Hampshire stores to charge between 10 cents and 50 cents for plastic bags provided to shoppers and carry […]

October 30, 2019

A Baltimore City Council committee advanced a plastic bag ban proposal that would also require retailers to charge 5 cents for paper bags. The bill is scheduled for a preliminary vote from the full council on November 4, according to […]

October 10, 2019

A Baltimore City Council committee just voted to amend a proposed ban on plastics bags by reducing the threshold for banned bags to 2.25 mils from 4 mils. Representatives of retailers and grocery chains in the city told the City […]

December 17, 2018

As of December 14, a ban on plastic bags at large and midsized grocery stores in Boston has gone into effect. The ban also applies at restaurants, where takeout orders will be packaged in non-plastic or renewable bags moving forward. […]