The Cool Down on MSN

Research reveals one major setback with reusable grocery bags: 'We should try not to do that'

Unfortunately, many shoppers aren’t reusing their reusable bags. Research reveals one major setback with reusable grocery ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Officials move forward with new regulations that will force residents to change shopping habits: 'The only tool we have'

"This bag fee in addressing single-use plastic bags is currently the only tool we have at the state level in terms of ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Research reveals one major setback with grocery bag fees: 'It's really bad'

"I have got bags in bags in bags." Research reveals one major setback with grocery bag fees: 'It's really bad' first appeared ...
The Columbian

A new fight is coming over plastic bags

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...
Post and Courier

Thick 'reusable' plastic bags are exempt from the bag ban. This might change.

After plastic bag bans passed in the city of Charleston and surrounding municipalities, big retail stores such as Walmart and Target found a loophole: those extra-thick plastic bags that can be washed ...
The Indianapolis Star

Kroger said it would dump plastic bags by 2025. So, why are they still around?

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...
Deming Headlight

Town hall addresses single-use plastic bags

Low turnout at the Nov. 14 town hall meeting appeared to catch City Administrator Aaron Sera by surprise. The city had announced in advance that it wanted public input, including from local business ...
Mother Jones

Bans on Single-Use Plastic Bags Seem to Be Working

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Over the past several years, US cities and states have passed hundreds of policies ...
Oregonian

Will Oregon expand ban on plastic checkout bags?

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste. The ban ...