Sales of plastic bags drop 98% in a decade
Mail led the way with our Banish the Bags campaign - and customer charges for each bag used came into force in 2014.
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'Easy, convenient, cheap': how single-use plastic rules the world
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use ...
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Houston's plastic waste, waiting more than a year for "advanced" recycling, piles up at a business failed 3 times by fire marshal
This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.
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Houston's plastic waste is piling up, waiting on the promise of "advanced recycling"
She was skeptical of Houston's program and its claims that it could recycle any type of plastic.The tracker showed her bags ended up at a storage site — not a recycling center. Deason said she ...
TechSpot20d
Researchers unlock cheap way to vaporize plastic and use it to make more plastic
Many have tried and failed to efficiently recycle these plastic polymers back into their monomer building blocks. But Hartwig's team has now managed it using cheap, solid catalysts that can run ...
Los Angeles Times20d
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...
The Straits Times20d
Over 90% of customers bring own bags after mandatory 5-cent charge for plastic bags: NEA survey
A private tutor, who wanted to be known only as Daphne, said that while she initially did not mind paying the plastic bag charge, it was her mother-in-law who encouraged her to save money and be ...
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California lawmakers pass new plastic bag ban; paper only at checkout
The plastic retail bag could be history in California, with the legislature voting to pass a new plastic ban that will allow only paper bags at checkout. The plastics industry, which fought the ...
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IKEA turns classic blue shopping bag into portable pillow
The "huggable" bag maintains its hallmark blue colour but is formed from a combination of soft textiles and stuffing, The Secret Little Agency said. The result is a quilted, pillow-shaped design ...
The Kit22d
The Fall 2024 Bags You’ll Never Get Tired Of
While it’s never not fun to keep up with the latest fashion trends (#bratgreen, #coquetteaesthetic, #tomatogirl), there’s something about the purchase of a bag that makes you want to guarantee ...
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Advocates push for California measures that would ban sale of plastic bags at grocery checkouts
SOME CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS ARE PUSHING TO COMPLETELY BAN PLASTIC BAGS AT ... and stores that use bags without handles to contain unwrapped food items and garment bags. They would allow only ...
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Microplastics in your drink? UBC develops cheap, portable plastic particle detector
Microplastic particles can be created when things such as plastic cups or utensils degrade, releasing the material into food or drinks that could then be ingested or absorbed into the body.