Banning free plastic bags for groceries resulted in customers purchasing more plastic bags, study finds
Regulations imposed to protect the environment may continue to have impacts even after they are repealed. And those lingering ...
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Outdoor brand Prana is rolling out 'innovative' seaweed-based compostable packaging that can replace conventional plastic
"Our goal is to keep evolving." Outdoor brand Prana is rolling out 'innovative' seaweed-based compostable packaging that can ...
Plastic bag bans can sometimes backfire: Study
Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a ...
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The Problem With Plastic Bags
Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...
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EDITORIAL: Plastic bag charge still a baby step in cutting plastic waste
A year has passed since Japan introduced mandatory charges to customers for each single-use plastic bag taken from retail stores. The ratio of shoppers who decline plastic bags at stores has risen ...